A bearing in which the load is carried by round (e.g. cylindrical or spherical) elements.

A female bear (as opposed to a he-bear, male bear).

A young bear.

Alternative form of gummy bear

(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of bugbear

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, fruit. / (idiomatic) To succeed in some task; to achieve benefit from a task or project.

(Australia, obsolete) A koala.

A white, semi-aquatic marine species of bear, Ursus maritimus, that is native and best adapted to the Arctic mix of land, ice and sea.

a ball bearing in a bearing race that has been shaped so that a radial load passes radially through the bearing

A large North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear. / A dance of the early twentieth century in which dancers mimicked the movements of grizzly bears.