- a heavy wild animal with thick fur and sharp claws (= pointed parts on the ends of its feet). There are many types of bear.
- a black bear
- A little bear cub ran right across the road in front of us.
Homophones bare | bearbare bearTopics Animalsa2/beə(r)//ber/- bare adjective
- The room looked strangely bare without the furniture.
- bear noun
- Staff reported finding polar bear tracks in the snow.
- bear verb
- How can you bear this awful noise?
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- (finance) a person who sells shares in a company, etc., hoping to buy them back later at a lower price compare bull
Word Originnoun Old English bera, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch beer and German Bär.
Idioms
See bear in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarylike a bear with a sore head
- in a bad mood; in an angry way
- I should keep out of his way. He’s like a bear with a sore head this morning.
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