<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) bore or (Archaic) bare; borne or born; bear·ing.</li><li>to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.</li><li>Synonyms: sustain, uphold.</li><li>to hold or remain firm under (a load): The roof will not bear the strain of his weight.</li><li>to bring forth (young); give birth to: to bear a child.</li><li>to produce by natural growth: a tree that bears fruit.</li><li>Synonyms: yield.</li><li>to hold up under; be capable of: His claim doesn't bear close examination.</li><li>to press or push against: The crowd was borne back by the police.</li><li>Synonyms: force, drive, thrust.</li><li>to hold or carry (oneself, one's body, one's head, etc.): to bear oneself erectly.</li><li>to conduct (oneself): to bear oneself bravely.</li><li>to suffer; endure; undergo: to bear the blame.</li><li>to sustain without yielding or suffering injury; tolerate (usually used in negative constructions, unless qualified): I can't bear your nagging. I can hardly bear to see her suffering so.</li><li>Synonyms: suffer, abide, brook.</li><li>to be fit for or worthy of: It doesn't bear repeating.</li><li>to carry; bring: to bear gifts.</li><li>to carry in the mind or heart: to bear malice.</li><li>to bear love; to bear malice.</li><li>to transmit or spread (gossip, tales, etc.).</li><li>to render; afford; give: to bear testimony.</li><li>to bear witness; to bear testimony.</li><li>to lead; guide; take: They bore him home.</li><li>to have and be entitled to: to bear title.</li><li>to exhibit; show: to bear a resemblance.</li><li>to accept or have, as an obligation: to bear the cost.</li><li>to bear responsibility; to bear the cost.</li><li>to stand in (a relation or ratio); have or show correlatively: the relation that price bears to profit.</li><li>to possess, as a quality or characteristic; have in or on: to bear an inscription.</li><li>to bear traces; to bear an inscription.</li><li>to have and use; exercise: to bear sway.</li><li>to bear authority; to bear sway.</li></ul>