bear
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- noun
- /bɛr/
- Visitors to the zoo were excited to see the small bear cubs playing in their enclosure.
- polar bear
- grizzly bear
- black bear
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Watch on YouTubeWe you may have met a bear or squirrels.
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- Bear was tired, and Baby Bambi Bear was so tired.
- I was just like, OK, because a bear wants Doritos.
- And I've always wanted to wrestle a bear because of him.
- A mother, you don't mess with Mama bear when she's got Cubs.
Examples
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"If necessary, though, he and his team trap 'nuisance' bears, immobilize and tag them, then relocate them.
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- There are bears here.
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Is that a bear trap?
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With global climate change, the bears' hot spots may soon shift location.
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Even in this remote place, the bears carry heavy loads of pollutants.
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As oak trees take root farther north, more acorns, a bear favorite, will be available in northern Minnesota.
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More than 95 percent of the mercury in polar bears is of anthropogenic origin.
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Together, these characteristics will allow bears to remain in the HBEF region, barring increased disturbance by humans.
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While hiking in the woods, we spotted a large bear searching for food near a riverbank.
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The park ranger explained that the bear would likely enter hibernation as winter approached.
Synonyms
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A large brownish-gray bear in western North America with a hump on its shoulder
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A large white bear that lives in the Arctic and hunts seals on sea ice
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A large, powerful brown bear that lives in mountains and forests in western North America
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A large, powerful wild animal with brown fur that lives in forests in Asia and North America
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A very large brown bear that lives near the sea in Alaska, especially on Kodiak Island
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A large white bear that lives in the Arctic and hunts seals
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A very large brown bear that lives on Kodiak Island and nearby coasts
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A large brown bear that lives in Europe, Asia and North America
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A large strong brown bear that lives in western North America called a grizzly bear
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A medium-sized black bear with a white V-shaped chest patch from central and eastern Asia
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A large, hairy bear from south-central Asia that eats ants and termites
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A medium-sized North American bear usually with black or dark brown fur and less aggressive than brown bears
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A very large brown bear that lives on the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia
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A mammal of the bear family, for example a brown or polar bear
A very large brown bear that lives on Kodiak Island and nearby coasts of Alaska and British Columbia
A small wild animal in Asia with black fur and a pale chest patch
Idioms
- Informal
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To do something on purpose to make an angry or dangerous person react
- Formal
To behave calmly and with self-respect in difficult or formal situations
Compounds
- US
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A large, powerful brown bear that lives in mountains and forests in western North America
- Specialized
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A time when stock prices fall a lot and people expect them to keep falling
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A large, powerful wild animal with brown fur that lives in forests in Asia and North America
- Australian
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A slow tree animal from Australia with grey fur that eats eucalyptus leaves and carries its babies in a pouch
- Baby Talk
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A made-up colorful bear character with a symbol on its belly showing a feeling
- US
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An animal from tropical America that lives in trees and uses its long tail to hold branches while eating fruit
- Indian
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A medium-sized black bear with a white V-shaped chest patch from central and eastern Asia
- US
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9.1
A plant that lives for many years with long leaves like grass and tall stalks of white flowers
- Specialized
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3.4
A medium-sized North American bear usually with black or dark brown fur and less aggressive than brown bears
- Australian
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9.9
A fake dangerous animal Australians joke about that falls from trees onto people to scare tourists
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A large hairy South American mammal with a long tongue and strong claws for eating ants
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A very large brown bear that lives on the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia
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A hairy caterpillar with thick, stiff hairs that turns into a small moth
- UK
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A small reddish-brown animal like a raccoon that lives in the eastern Himalayas and eats bamboo
- Jargon
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An offer to buy a company at a very high price that its directors feel they must accept
- Australian
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4.8
A small Australian animal that lives in trees, carries babies in a pouch, and eats eucalyptus leaves
- US
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9.8
A stocky wild animal from North America with thick fur that eats meat, like a wolverine
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Etymology
Bear (the animal) comes from an old German word bera meaning 'the brown one', because people long ago often named the animal by its colour, and the name now reminds us of its brown or dark fur.