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weight-bear

weight-bear verb: to bear weight; to support or withstand the weight of the body.

Verb

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

  1. To bear weight; to support or withstand the weight of the body.

Forms of weight-bear

third-person singular presentweight-bears
present participleweight-bearing
pastweight-beared
pastweight-bore
past participleweight-beared
past participleweight-bore
past participleweight-borne
alternative formweight bear
alternative formweightbear

Origin of weight-bear

Back-formation from weight-bearing.

Questions about weight-bear

What does weight-bear mean?
Weight-bear means to bear weight; to support or withstand the weight of the body.
What part of speech is weight-bear?
Weight-bear is a verb.
What is the past tense of weight-bear?
The past tense of weight-bear is weight-beared.

Words near weight-bear in the dictionary

  1. weight training
  2. weight watcher
  3. weight watchers
  4. weight weenie
  5. weight weenies
  6. weight-bear
  7. weight-beared
  8. weight-bearing
  9. weight-bears
  10. weight-bore
  11. weight-borne

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