carnivore - terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb

family Ursidae, Ursidae - bears and extinct related forms

brown bear, Ursus arctos, bruin - large ferocious bear of Eurasia

bruin - a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'

American black bear, Euarctos americanus, Ursus americanus, black bear - brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear

Asiatic black bear, black bear, Selenarctos thibetanus, Ursus thibetanus - black bear of central and eastern Asia

ice bear, polar bear, Thalarctos maritimus, Ursus Maritimus - white bear of arctic regions

Melursus ursinus, sloth bear, Ursus ursinus - common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia

investor - someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns

carry - have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"

feature, have - have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"

twin - give birth to twins

drop - give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"

foal - give birth to a foal; "the mare foaled"

kitten - have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year"

lamb - give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"

litter - give birth to a litter of animals

have a bun in the oven, gestate, expect, bear, carry - be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

have a bun in the oven, gestate, expect, bear, carry - be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

produce, bring forth - bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"

live with, swallow, accept - tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies"

hold still for, stand for - tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

bear up - endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"

take lying down - suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won't take this insult lying down"

take a joke - listen to a joke at one's one expense; "Can't you take a joke?"

undergo, submit, take - accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"

sit out - endure to the end

pay - bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"

countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

suffer - endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"

carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"

frogmarch - carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person

piggyback - carry on the back or shoulders; "She piggybacked a sick classmate to school"

spin off - produce as a consequence or an unplanned result

create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

seed - bear seeds

crop - yield crops; "This land crops well"

overbear - bear too much

fruit - bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year"

bear out, underpin, corroborate, support - support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"

take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"

carry-the can, face the music - accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions

include - have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers"

contain, hold, take - be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"

retain - hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"

encircle, environ, surround, circle, round, ring - be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"

hold in, enclose, confine - close in or confine

investment funds, investment - money that is invested with an expectation of profit

earn, realise, pull in, bring in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

net, clear - yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

pay off - yield a profit or result; "His efforts finally paid off"

feature, have - have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"

carry, bear, hold - support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

carry, bear, hold - support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

fluster - be flustered; behave in a confused manner

act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

put forward, assert - insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"

deal - behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

walk around - behave in a certain manner or have certain properties; "He walks around with his nose in the air"; "She walks around with this strange boyfriend"

posture, pose - behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"

have, have got, hold - have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

stoop - carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"

piggyback - support on the back and shoulders; "He piggybacked her child so she could see the show"

balance, poise - hold or carry in equilibrium

deport, comport, acquit, behave, conduct, bear, carry - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

deport, comport, acquit, behave, conduct, bear, carry - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have - give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!"

birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have - give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!"

expect - look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"