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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.

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Noun

burn (countable and uncountable, plural burns)

1. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
   • She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
   1. A mark left behind by a burn; a scorch or scar caused by a burn.
      • Cut the cigarette burn out from the fabric.
   2. An abrasion resembling a burn.
      • carpet burn, rope burn, rug burn, turf burn
   3. (uncountable) A disease in vegetables, which causes discoloration that looks like a burn.
2. A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin.
   • I dread the burn of the disinfectant where it enters an open wound.
   1. A physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by a build-up of lactic acid.
      • One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn in your thighs!

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