'To bear up to' definitions:
Definition of 'To bear up to'
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 to'
- Bear,
- Bearing,
- To bear against,
- To bear down,
- To bear in with,
- To bear off,
- To bear out,
- To bear up,
- 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