Bear vs. Fox

Bearnoun

A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family Ursidae.

Bearnoun

(figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.

Bearnoun

(finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.

Bearnoun

A state policeman short for smokey bear.

Bearnoun

(slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.

Bearnoun

(engineering) A portable punching machine.

Bearnoun

(nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.

Bearnoun

(cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.

Bearnoun

(colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.

Bearverb

To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.

Bearverb

(transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.

Bearverb

(transitive) To carry something.

Bearverb

(transitive) To be equipped with (something).

Bearverb

(transitive) To wear or display.

Bearverb

To declare as testimony.

Bearverb

(ambitransitive) To put up with something.

Bearverb

(transitive) To give birth to someone or something may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object.

Bearverb

(ambitransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.

Bearverb

(intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).

Bearverb

(intransitive) To veer slightly in one direction (left or right, usually at a fork in the road)

Bearverb

(intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.

Bearverb

(intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.

Bearverb

To press.

Bearverb

Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.

Bearverb

To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.

Bearverb

(transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.

Bearverb

To conduct; to bring (a person).

Bearverb

(transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.

Bearverb

(transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.

Bearverb

To gain or win.

Bearverb

(transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).

Bearverb

(transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.

Bearverb

(transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.

Bearverb

To behave or conduct (oneself).

Bearverb

(transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.

Bearadjective

Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.

Bearverb

To support or sustain; to hold up.

Bearverb

To support and remove or carry; to convey.

Bearverb

To conduct; to bring; - said of persons.

Bearverb

To possess and use, as power; to exercise.

Bearverb

To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.

Bearverb

To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.

Bearverb

To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor

Bearverb

To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.

Bearverb

To gain or win.

Bearverb

To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.

Bearverb

To render or give; to bring forward.

Bearverb

To carry on, or maintain; to have.

Bearverb

To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.

Bearverb

To manage, wield, or direct.

Bearverb

To afford; to be to; to supply with.

Bearverb

To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.

Bearverb

To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.

Bearverb

To suffer, as in carrying a burden.

Bearverb

To endure with patience; to be patient.

Bearverb

To press; - with on or upon, or against.

Bearverb

To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.

Bearverb

To relate or refer; - with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?

Bearverb

To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.

Bearverb

To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.

Bearverb

To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.

Bearnoun

A bier.

Bearnoun

Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.

Bearnoun

An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.

Bearnoun

One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.

Bearnoun

Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.

Bearnoun

A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.

Bearnoun

A portable punching machine.

Bearnoun

A block covered with coarse matting; - used to scour the deck.

Bearnoun

Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hordeum hexastichon or Hordeum vulgare).

Bearnoun

massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

Bearnoun

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

Bearverb

have;

Bearverb

give birth (to a newborn);

Bearverb

put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

Bearverb

move while holding up or supporting;

Bearverb

bring forth,

Bearverb

take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;

Bearverb

contain or hold; have within;

Bearverb

bring in;

Bearverb

have on one's person;

Bearverb

behave in a certain manner;

Bearverb

have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices;

Bearverb

support or hold in a certain manner;

Bearverb

be pregnant with;

Bear

Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans.

Foxnoun

A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.

Foxnoun

Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).

Foxnoun

The fur of a fox.

Foxnoun

A fox terrier.

Foxnoun

The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.

Foxnoun

A cunning person.

Foxnoun

(slang) A physically attractive man or woman.

Foxnoun

(nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.

Foxnoun

(mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.

Foxnoun

(cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.

Foxnoun

(obsolete) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.

Foxverb

(transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.

Foxverb

(transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).

Foxverb

(intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.

Foxverb

(intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.

Foxverb

(transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.

Foxverb

(intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.

Foxverb

(transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

Foxverb

(transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

Foxnoun

A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidæ, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.

Foxnoun

The European dragonet.

Foxnoun

The fox shark or thrasher shark; - called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.

Foxnoun

A sly, cunning fellow.

Foxnoun

Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; - used for seizings or mats.

Foxnoun

A sword; - so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.

Foxnoun

A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; - called also Outagamies.

Foxverb

To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

Foxverb

To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.

Foxverb

To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

Foxverb

To turn sour; - said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.

Foxnoun

alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

Foxnoun

a shifty deceptive person

Foxnoun

the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox

Foxnoun

English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)

Foxnoun

English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)

Foxnoun

a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River

Foxnoun

the Algonquian language of the Fox people

Foxverb

deceive somebody;

Foxverb

be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;

Foxverb

become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots

Foxnoun

a member of a North American people formerly living in southern Wisconsin, and now mainly in Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas.

Foxnoun

the Algonquian language of the Fox, now almost extinct.

Foxverb

baffle or deceive (someone)

Foxverb

behave in a cunning or sly way

Foxadjective

relating to the Fox or their language.

Fox

Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or brush).