Bear v. i.
 1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.
    This age to blossom, and the next to bear.   --Dryden.
 2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
    But man is born to bear.   --Pope.
 3. To endure with patience; to be patient.
    I can not, can not bear.   --Dryden.
 4. To press; -- with on or upon, or against.
    These men bear hard on the suspected party.   --Addison.
 5. To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.
 6. To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?
 7. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
    Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform.   --Hawthorne.
 8. To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.
 To bear against, to approach for attack or seizure; as, a lion bears against his prey. [Obs.]
 To bear away Naut., to change the course of a ship, and make her run before the wind.
 To bear back, to retreat.  “Bearing back from the blows of their sable antagonist.” --Sir W. Scott.
 To bear down upon Naut., to approach from the windward side; as, the fleet bore down upon the enemy.
 To bear in with Naut., to run or tend toward; as, a ship bears in with the land.
 To bear off Naut., to steer away, as from land.
 To bear up. (a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; as, to bear up under afflictions. (b) Naut. To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put the ship before the wind; to bear away.  --Hamersly.
 To bear upon Mil., to be pointed or situated so as to affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit (the object); as, to bring or plant guns so as to bear upon a fort or a ship; the artillery bore upon the center.
 To bear up to, to tend or move toward; as, to bear up to one another.
 To bear with, to endure; to be indulgent to; to forbear to resent, oppose, or punish.