to bear

To keep control of a place

Have a risk or responsibility connected to something

Not be able to find something you once had

To throw something away because you no longer want or need it

Take the worst part of something bad

A hard burden someone must live with

To accept an unpleasant situation without complaining

To do something on purpose to make an angry or dangerous person react

Ready and well prepared to face a strong challenge

Win first place in a competition

To behave calmly and with self-respect in difficult or formal situations

To say yes strongly in an informal, rude way

Cannot stand something because it is too unpleasant or upsetting

To be patient with someone while they fix something

Remember something when you decide or think about it

To be connected with or affect something

To use effort or knowledge to solve a problem

Show that something is true, often by signs or by people saying they saw it

Move quickly and forcefully toward someone or something to attack

To accept or live with an idea that makes you unhappy

To move a ship toward another ship often to attack it

Show by facts that something is true

To push someone to do or finish something

Use all your effort and focus on something difficult

To stay strong and positive when facing hard times

Push the lower belly muscles during childbirth to help the baby out

To press hard on something with great force

Press hard on something or make it feel heavy

To use influence to persuade someone to do something

Sail a ship close to another one, usually to attack

Have an effect on or relate to something

To carry someone or something away from a place to another

Move a person or thing from one place into a different state, often by force

A soft toy shaped like a bear that children hug

A large white bear that lives in the Arctic and hunts seals on sea ice

A large, powerful brown bear that lives in mountains and forests in western North America

A time when stock prices fall a lot and people expect them to keep falling

A medium-sized wild animal in North America with black or dark brown fur

A very strong, tight hold with your arms around someone

A large, powerful wild animal with brown fur that lives in forests in Asia and North America

A large black and white bear from China that eats mostly bamboo

A sweet yeast pastry shaped like a semicircle with slits

A young bear that still depends on its mother

A slow tree animal from Australia with grey fur that eats eucalyptus leaves and carries its babies in a pouch

An ordinary person with average skills and no special qualities

A sharp claw from a bear used as an ornament or piece of jewelry

A very large brown bear that lives on Kodiak Island and nearby coasts

A furry caterpillar with black and brown bands that appears in gardens

An offer to buy a company at a very high price that its directors feel they must accept

An old cruel show where a chained bear is attacked by dogs

A made-up colorful bear character with a symbol on its belly showing a feeling

A medium-sized North American bear usually with black or dark brown fur and less aggressive than brown bears

A legal right for people to own and carry guns

A large reddish-brown mammal like a raccoon that lives in trees in Southeast Asia

A carved or painted design that looks like a bear's claw on pottery and crafts

A plant that lives for many years with long leaves like grass and tall stalks of white flowers

A small oak tree that grows like a bush and forms dense thickets

A sweet bun shaped like a bear's paw with almond filling

To set dogs on a bear for people to watch

About the same size as a bear and very heavy

A small wild animal in Asia with black fur and a pale chest patch

A small reddish-brown animal like a raccoon that lives in the eastern Himalayas and eats bamboo

A reddish-brown type of bear found mainly in western North America

A large black and white bear that eats bamboo

A fake dangerous animal Australians joke about that falls from trees onto people to scare tourists

A mammal in Africa that is active at night and digs burrows to eat termites

A large hairy South American mammal with a long tongue and strong claws for eating ants

A very large brown bear that lives on the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia

A medium-sized black bear with a white V-shaped chest patch from central and eastern Asia

A small group of stars in the northern sky that includes the North Star

A large group of stars in the northern sky that includes the Big Dipper

An animal from tropical America that lives in trees and uses its long tail to hold branches while eating fruit

A large white bear that lives in the Arctic and hunts seals

A small Australian animal that lives in trees, carries babies in a pouch, and eats eucalyptus leaves

A loving name someone uses for a partner or child

A type of brown bear with pale yellow fur from the Middle East

A stocky wild animal from North America with thick fur that eats meat, like a wolverine

A large, hairy bear from south-central Asia that eats ants and termites

A hairy caterpillar with thick, stiff hairs that turns into a small moth

A hairy caterpillar with a thick, fuzzy coat and dark bands