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beared

/bɛə(ɹ)d/UK/bɛəd/

beared is the simple past and past participle of bear.

Meaning of bear

Verb (1)

bear (third-person singular simple present bears, present participle bearing, simple past and past participle beared)

  1. (transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
    • to bear a railroad stock

Verb (2)

bear (third-person singular simple present bears, present participle bearing, simple past bore or (archaic) bare, past participle borne or (colloquial) bore or (see usage notes) born)

  1. (transitive) To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
    • They came bearing gifts.
    1. (transitive) To carry (weapons, flags or symbols of rank, office, etc.) upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with (weapons, etc.).
      • the right to bear arms
    2. (transitive) To wear (garments, pieces of jewellery, etc.).
      • The queen bore the royal scepter and crown as she processed into the hall.
    3. (intransitive, rare, transitive) To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
      • The scan showed that the ewe was bearing twins.
    4. (transitive) To have or display (a mark or other feature).
      • She still bears the scars from a cycling accident.

See all 54 meanings of bear

Synonyms of beared

Origin of beared

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words that rhyme with beared

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Questions about beared

What is beared the simple past and past participle of?
Beared is the simple past and past participle of bear.
How do you pronounce beared?
Beared is pronounced /bɛə(ɹ)d/.

Words near beared in the dictionary

  1. beardworm
  2. beardworms
  3. beardy
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  5. Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome
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  7. bearen
  8. bearer
  9. bearer bond
  10. bearer bonds
  11. Bearer English

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