ALL meanings of bear on
bear on
B b - verb bear on to be relevant to; relate to 3
- verb bear on to be burdensome to or afflict 3
- verb with object bear on to produce by natural growth: a tree that bears fruit. 1
- verb with object bear on to hold up under; be capable of: His claim doesn't bear close examination. 1
- verb with object bear on to press or push against: The crowd was borne back by the police. 1
- verb with object bear on to hold or carry (oneself, one's body, one's head, etc.): to bear oneself erectly. 1
- verb with object bear on to conduct (oneself): to bear oneself bravely. 1
- verb with object bear on to suffer; endure; undergo: to bear the blame. 1
- verb with object bear on to sustain without yielding or suffering injury; tolerate (usually used in negative constructions, unless qualified): I can't bear your nagging. I can hardly bear to see her suffering so. 1
- verb with object bear on to be fit for or worthy of: It doesn't bear repeating. 1
- verb with object bear on to carry; bring: to bear gifts. 1
- verb with object bear on to carry in the mind or heart: to bear love; to bear malice. 1
- verb with object bear on to transmit or spread (gossip, tales, etc.). 1
- verb with object bear on to render; afford; give: to bear witness; to bear testimony. 1
- verb with object bear on to lead; guide; take: They bore him home. 1
- verb with object bear on to have and be entitled to: to bear title. 1
- verb with object bear on to exhibit; show: to bear a resemblance. 1
- verb with object bear on to accept or have, as an obligation: to bear responsibility; to bear the cost. 1
- verb with object bear on to stand in (a relation or ratio); have or show correlatively: the relation that price bears to profit. 1
- verb with object bear on to possess, as a quality or characteristic; have in or on: to bear traces; to bear an inscription. 1
- verb with object bear on to have and use; exercise: to bear authority; to bear sway. 1
- verb without object bear on to tend in a course or direction; move; go: to bear west; to bear left at the fork in the road. 1
- verb without object bear on to be located or situated: The lighthouse bears due north. 1
- verb without object bear on to bring forth young or fruit: Next year the tree will bear. 1
- idioms bear on bring to bear, to concentrate on with a specific purpose: Pressure was brought to bear on those with overdue accounts. 1
- transitivephrasal verb bear on be relevant 1
- noun bear on Since the latter part of the 18th century, a distinction has been made between born and borne as past participles of the verb bear1. Borne is the past participle in all senses that do not refer to physical birth: The wheatfields have borne abundantly this year. Judges have always borne a burden of responsibility. Borne is also the participle when the sense is “to bring forth (young)” and the focus is on the mother rather than on the child. In such cases, borne is preceded by a form of have or followed by by: Anna had borne a son the previous year. Two children borne by her earlier were already grown. When the focus is on the offspring or on something brought forth as if by birth, born is the standard spelling, and it occurs only in passive constructions: My friend was born in Ohio. No children have been born at the South Pole. A strange desire was born of the tragic experience. Born is also an adjective meaning “by birth,” “innate,” or “native”: born free; a born troublemaker; Mexican-born. 1
- verb with object bear on to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof. 1
- verb with object bear on to hold or remain firm under (a load): The roof will not bear the strain of his weight. 1
- verb with object bear on to bring forth (young); give birth to: to bear a child. 1
- verb bear on To influence, have an effect on. 0
- verb bear on To be relevant to. 0