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bears up

bears up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bear up.

Meaning of bear up

Verb

bear up (third-person singular simple present bears up, present participle bearing up, simple past bore up, past participle borne up)

  1. To sail close to the wind.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To endure hardship cheerfully or without complaining.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To support; to keep from falling or sinking.
    • Afterwards the Lord renued this Covenant with Noah, Gen. 6.10. and did further reveale it in another Type, namely, the ſaving of Noah and his family in the Arke, which was borne up by the flood of Waters; […]1640, [George Walker], chapter VI, in The Manifold Wisedome of God: In the divers diſpenſation of Grace by Ieſus Christ. […], London: Printed by R. H[odgkinson] for Iohn Bartlet, page 61

Questions about bears up

What is bears up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bears up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bear up.

Words near bears up in the dictionary

  1. bears on
  2. bears oneself
  3. bears out
  4. bears the brunt
  5. bears the scars
  6. bears up
  7. bears upon
  8. bears with
  9. bears witness
  10. bears' ears
  11. Bearsden

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