'To bear up' definitions:
Definition of 'To bear up'
From: GCIDE
- Bear \Bear\ (b[^a]r), v. t. [imp. Bore (b[=o]r) (formerly Bare (b[^a]r)); p. p. Born (b[^o]rn), Borne (b[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. Bearing.] [OE. beren, AS. beran, beoran, to bear, carry, produce; akin to D. baren to bring forth, G. geb[aum]ren, Goth. ba['i]ran to bear or carry, Icel. bera, Sw. b[aum]ra, Dan. b[ae]re, OHG. beran, peran, L. ferre to bear, carry, produce, Gr. fe`rein, OSlav. brati to take, carry, OIr. berim I bear, Skr. bh[.r] to bear. [root]92. Cf. Fertile.]
- 1. To support or sustain; to hold up. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To support and remove or carry; to convey. [1913 Webster]
- I 'll bear your logs the while. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Bear them to my house. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To possess and use, as power; to exercise. [1913 Webster]
- Every man should bear rule in his own house. --Esther i. 22. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- The ancient grudge I bear him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer. [1913 Webster]
- Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- I cannot bear The murmur of this lake to hear. --Shelley. [1913 Webster]
- My punishment is greater than I can bear. --Gen. iv. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To gain or win. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Some think to bear it by speaking a great word. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- She was . . . found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- 10. To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc. [1913 Webster]
- He shall bear their iniquities. --Is. liii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- Somewhat that will bear your charges. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 11. To render or give; to bring forward. "Your testimony bear" --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 12. To carry on, or maintain; to have. "The credit of bearing a part in the conversation." --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 13. To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change. [1913 Webster]
- In all criminal cases the most favorable interpretation should be put on words that they can possibly bear. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 14. To manage, wield, or direct. "Thus must thou thy body bear." --Shak. Hence: To behave; to conduct. [1913 Webster]
- Hath he borne himself penitently in prison? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 15. To afford; to be to; to supply with. [1913 Webster]
- His faithful dog shall bear him company. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 16. To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest. [1913 Webster]
- Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In the passive form of this verb, the best modern usage restricts the past participle born to the sense of brought forth, while borne is used in the other senses of the word. In the active form, borne alone is used as the past participle. [1913 Webster]
- To bear down. (a) To force into a lower place; to carry down; to depress or sink. "His nose, . . . large as were the others, bore them down into insignificance." --Marryat. (b) To overthrow or crush by force; as, to bear down an enemy.
- To bear a hand. (a) To help; to give assistance. (b) (Naut.) To make haste; to be quick.
- To bear in hand, to keep (one) up in expectation, usually by promises never to be realized; to amuse by false pretenses; to delude. [Obs.] "How you were borne in hand, how crossed." --Shak.
- To bear in mind, to remember.
- To bear off. (a) To restrain; to keep from approach. (b) (Naut.) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything; as, to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat. (c) To gain; to carry off, as a prize. (d) (Backgammon) To remove from the backgammon board into the home when the position of the piece and the dice provide the proper opportunity; -- the goal of the game is to bear off all of one's men before the opponent.
- To bear one hard, to owe one a grudge. [Obs.] "C[ae]sar doth bear me hard." --Shak.
- To bear out. (a) To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last. "Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing." --South. (b) To corroborate; to confirm.
- To bear up, to support; to keep from falling or sinking. "Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To uphold; sustain; maintain; support; undergo; suffer; endure; tolerate; carry; convey; transport; waft. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'To bear up'
From: GCIDE
- Bear \Bear\ (b[^a]r), v. i.
- 1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness. [1913 Webster]
- This age to blossom, and the next to bear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden. [1913 Webster]
- But man is born to bear. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To endure with patience; to be patient. [1913 Webster]
- I can not, can not bear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To press; -- with on or upon, or against. [1913 Webster]
- These men bear hard on the suspected party. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question? [1913 Webster]
- 7. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect. [1913 Webster]
- Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To bear up'
- Bear,
- Bearing,
- To bear against,
- To bear down,
- To bear in with,
- To bear off,
- To bear out,
- To bear up to,
- To bear with,
- bear down,
- bear down on,
- bear off,
- bear on,
- bear out,
- bear up,
- bear with,
- bearings,
- Australian bear,
- Ball bearings,
- Bear Creek,
- Bear Lake,
- Bear State,
- Bear Valley,
- Bear baiting,
- Bear caterpillar,
- Bear garden,
- Bear leader,
- Bear, DE,
- Bearing cloth,
- Bearing rein,
- Bearing ring,
- Black bear,
- Cave bear,
- False bearing,
- Great Bear,
- Grisly bear,
- Grizzly bear,
- Honey bear,
- Journal bearing,
- Jungle bear,
- Kodiak bear,
- Lesser Bear,
- Malayan bear,
- Native bear,
- Polar bear,
- Reverse bearing,
- Roller bearing,
- Sea bear,
- Sloth bear,
- Spectacled bear,
- Sun bear,
- Thrust bearing,
- To bear a hand,
- To bear a loss,
- To bear away,
- To bear back,
- To bear date,
- To bear down upon,
- To bear in hand,
- To bear in mind,
- To bear the bell,
- To bear upon,
- To take bearings,
- Tree bear,
- Washing bear,
- Water bear,
- White bear,
- Woolly bear,
- ant bear,
- armorial bearing,
- ball bearing,
- bear animalcules,
- bear away,
- bear cat,
- bear claw,
- bear cub,
- bear down upon,
- bear fruit,
- bear grass,
- bear hug,
- bear in mind,
- bear jam,
- bear market,
- bear oak,
- bear paw,
- bear upon,
- bear witness,
- bear witness against,
- bear's breech,
- bear's breeches,
- bear's ear,
- bear's foot,
- bear's grape,
- bearing brass,
- bearing metal,
- bearing wall,
- bring to bear,
- brown bear,
- cat bear,
- cinnamon bear,
- grin and bear it,
- heraldic bearing,
- ice bear,
- kangaroo bear,
- koala bear,
- labiated bear,
- little bear,
- needle bearing,
- panda bear,
- skunk bear,
- syrian bear,
- teddy bear,
- water bears,
- woolly bears,
- Barren Ground bear,
- Bear Creek Village,
- Bear Creek, AK,
- Bear Creek, AL,
- Bear Creek, TX,
- Bear Creek, WI,
- Bear Lake County,
- Bear Lake, ID,
- Bear Lake, MI,
- Bear Lake, PA,
- Bear River City,
- Bear Valley Springs,
- Bear Valley, CA,
- Bear's-breech,
- Bear's-ear,
- Bear's-foot,
- Bear's-paw,
- Big Bear City,
- Big Bear Lake,
- Four Bears Village,
- Rush-bearing,
- To bear away the bell,
- To bear one hard,
- To bring one to his bearings,
- To lose one's bearings,
- White Bear Lake,
- alaskan brown bear,
- american black bear,
- asiatic black bear,
- bear's-breeches,
- bear-sized,
- bearing false witness,
- cone-bearing,
- freedom to bear arms,
- fur-bearing,
- gold-bearing,
- interest-bearing,
- live-bearing,
- load-bearing,
- nitrogen-bearing,
- nut-bearing,
- oil-bearing,
- spore-bearing,
- woolly bear caterpillar,
- woolly bear moth,
- young-bearing,
- Bear Creek Village, PA,
- Bear Lake County, ID,
- Bear River City, UT,
- Bear Valley Springs, CA,
- Bear-trap dam,
- Big Bear City, CA,
- Big Bear Lake, CA,
- Four Bears Village, ND,
- Self-adjusting bearing,
- White Bear Lake, MN,
- bear's-paw fern,
- little ant-bear