bear vs carry

bear

verb
  • To behave or conduct (oneself). 

  • To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with. 

  • To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in. 

  • To wear. 

  • To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with). 

  • To have or display (a mark or other feature). 

  • To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms. 

  • To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look). 

  • To have (a name, title, or designation). 

  • To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth). 

  • To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms. 

  • To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage). 

  • To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion). 

  • To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing. 

  • To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic. 

  • To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else. 

  • To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness. 

  • To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect). 

  • To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position). 

  • To carry or convey, literally or figuratively. 

  • To support or sustain; to hold up. 

  • To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with). 

  • To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change. 

  • To carry on, or maintain; to have. 

  • To push, thrust, press. 

  • To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant. 

  • To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object). 

  • To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.). 

  • To warrant, justify the need for. 

  • To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops. 

  • To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something. 

  • Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target. 

  • To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere). 

noun
  • The meat of this animal. 

  • A state policeman (short for Smokey Bear). 

  • A portable punching machine. 

  • An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices. 

  • A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck. 

  • A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae. 

  • Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore. 

  • The fifteenth Lenormand card. 

  • A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person. 

  • A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual. 

adj
  • Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall. 

carry

verb
  • To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct. 

  • To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly 

  • To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another. 

  • To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding. 

  • To have on one's person. 

  • To have propulsive power; to propel. 

  • to physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting) 

  • To be pregnant (with). 

  • To lead or guide. 

  • To hold the head; said of a horse. 

  • To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another. 

  • To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success. 

  • To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle 

  • To be transmitted; to travel. 

  • To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. 

  • To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed. 

  • To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit 

  • To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession. 

  • To adopt (something); take (something) over. 

  • To stock or supply (something); to have in store. 

  • To have, hold, possess or maintain (something). 

  • To convey by extension or continuance; to extend. 

  • To insult, to diss. 

  • to succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win. 

  • To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. 

  • To bear a firearm, such as a gun. 

  • In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there. 

noun
  • A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried. 

  • The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground. 

  • The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation. 

  • Carried interest. 

  • The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time. 

  • A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage. 

  • The sky; cloud-drift. 

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