bear

verb [T] (PRODUCE)

/beər/ (past tense bore /bɔr, boʊr/, past participle borne /bɔrn, boʊrn/, past participle born /bɔrn, boʊrn/)

Definition

› (of mammals) to give birth to young, or of a tree or plant to give or produce fruit or flowers: She bore three children in five years. Note: When talking about mammals, use the past participle spelling "born" to talk about a person or animal’s birth, and the spelling "borne" to talk about a mother giving birth to a child: She had borne four boys.

(Definition of bear verb (PRODUCE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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