(v): have as a feature
(v): cause to be born
(v): bring forth or yield
(v): put up with something or somebody unpleasant
(v): consent to, give permission
(v): move while holding up or supporting
(v): move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
(v): bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"
(v): make or cause to be or to become
(v): take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
(v): take into one's possession
(v): contain or hold; have within
(v): have as a part, be made up out of
(v): bring in
(v): earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
(v): have on one's person
(v): have as a feature
(v): behave in a certain manner
(v): support or hold in a certain manner
(v): perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
(v): have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
(v): have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
(v): support or hold in a certain manner
(v): be pregnant with
(v): cause to be born
(n): massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
(n): a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
(n): an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
(n): someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
In castles, a tower similar to a belfry.
I picked up this usage from my father, an investor; he would call something 'a real bear' if it was particularly difficult, troublesome, or annoying, as in "the Beltway was a real bear to drive this morning" or "setting up that program can be a real bear unless you know how to do it".
Sometimes confused with the right to arm bears.
See also, ursine limb guarantee, enshrined in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as the right to bear arms.
In second grade, my son's teacher had a stuffed bear named Shortstop in her classroom that the students were allowed to take home periodically. See Free Association.
Chained_have will be most pleased.
Also an animal.