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bear2 noun (bears or bear) 1 any of various large carnivorous animals with a heavily built body covered with thick fur, short powerful limbs, small eyes and ears, strong claws and a short tail. Also in compounds • brown bear • polar bear; 2 a rough ill-mannered person. 3 a teddy bear. 4 stock exchange someone who sells shares, hoping to buy them back later at a much lower price. Compare lame duck 4, bull1 noun 4. verb (beared, bearing) stock exchange 1 to act as a bear (sense 4 above). 2 to lower the price of (a stock) or to depress (a market) by selling speculatively. bearish adj 1 said of a person: like a bear in behaviour and manners; bad-tempered and rough. 2 stock exchange causing or linked with a fall in prices. like a bear with a sore head colloq said of a person: exceptionally touchy and bad-tempered.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon bera.
bear2 noun (bears or bear) 1 any of various large carnivorous animals with a heavily built body covered with thick fur, short powerful limbs, small eyes and ears, strong claws and a short tail. Also in compounds • brown bear • polar bear; 2 a rough ill-mannered person. 3 a teddy bear. 4 stock exchange someone who sells shares, hoping to buy them back later at a much lower price. Compare lame duck 4, bull1 noun 4. verb (beared, bearing) stock exchange 1 to act as a bear (sense 4 above). 2 to lower the price of (a stock) or to depress (a market) by selling speculatively. bearish adj 1 said of a person: like a bear in behaviour and manners; bad-tempered and rough. 2 stock exchange causing or linked with a fall in prices. like a bear with a sore head colloq said of a person: exceptionally touchy and bad-tempered.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon bera.
bear2 noun (bears or bear) 1 any of various large carnivorous animals with a heavily built body covered with thick fur, short powerful limbs, small eyes and ears, strong claws and a short tail. Also in compounds • brown bear • polar bear; 2 a rough ill-mannered person. 3 a teddy bear. 4 stock exchange someone who sells shares, hoping to buy them back later at a much lower price. Compare lame duck 4, bull1 noun 4. verb (beared, bearing) stock exchange 1 to act as a bear (sense 4 above). 2 to lower the price of (a stock) or to depress (a market) by selling speculatively. bearish adj 1 said of a person: like a bear in behaviour and manners; bad-tempered and rough. 2 stock exchange causing or linked with a fall in prices. like a bear with a sore head colloq said of a person: exceptionally touchy and bad-tempered.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon bera.
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