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unbear

unbear verb: to remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).

Verb

unbear (third-person singular simple present unbears, present participle unbearing, simple past unbore, past participle unborne)

  1. (transitive) To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).
    • […] he dashes to his destination at such a speed that when he stops the horse half smothers him in a cloud of steam.
      "Unbear him half a moment to freshen him up, and I'll be back."1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC

Forms of unbear

third-person singular presentunbears
present participleunbearing
pastunbore
past participleunborne

Origin of unbear

From un- + bear.

Questions about unbear

What does unbear mean?
Unbear means to remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).
What part of speech is unbear?
Unbear is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbear?
The past tense of unbear is unbore.

Words near unbear in the dictionary

  1. unbeachy
  2. unbeaconed
  3. unbeaded
  4. unbeaked
  5. unbeamed
  6. unbear
  7. unbearability
  8. unbearable
  9. unbearableness
  10. unbearably
  11. unbeard

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