Bear vs. Koala

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.

(figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.

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

A state policeman short for smokey bear.

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

(engineering) A portable punching machine.

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

(cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.

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

Example: ‘That window can be a bear to open.’;

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

Example: ‘to bear a railroad stock’; ‘to bear the market’;

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

Example: ‘This stone bears most of the weight.’;

(transitive) To carry something.

(transitive) To be equipped with (something).

Example: ‘the right to bear arms’;

(transitive) To wear or display.

Example: ‘The shield bore a red cross.’;

To declare as testimony.

Example: ‘The jury could see he was bearing false witness.’;

(ambitransitive) To put up with something.

Example: ‘I would never move to Texas—I can't bear heat.’; ‘Please bear with me as I try to find the book you need.’;

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

Example: ‘In Troy she becomes Paris’ wife, bearing him several children, all of whom die in infancy.’;

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

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

Example: ‘The harbour bears north by northeast.’; ‘By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east.’; ‘Great Falls bears north of Bozeman.’; ‘We are bearing toward the north side of the island.’;

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

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

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

To press.

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

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

Example: ‘to bring arguments to bear’; ‘How does this bear on the question?’;

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

To conduct; to bring (a person).

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

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

To gain or win.

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

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

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

To behave or conduct (oneself).

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

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

Example: ‘The great bear market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors.’;

To support or sustain; to hold up.

To support and remove or carry; to convey.

Example: ‘I 'll bear your logs the while.’;

To conduct; to bring; - said of persons.

Example: ‘Bear them to my house.’;

To possess and use, as power; to exercise.

Example: ‘Every man should bear rule in his own house.’;

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

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

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

Example: ‘The ancient grudge I bear him.’;

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

Example: ‘Should such a man, too fond to rule alone,Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.’; ‘I cannot bearThe murmur of this lake to hear.’; ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear.’;

To gain or win.

Example: ‘Some think to bear it by speaking a great word.’; ‘She was . . . found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge.’;

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

Example: ‘He shall bear their iniquities.’; ‘Somewhat that will bear your charges.’;

To render or give; to bring forward.

To carry on, or maintain; to have.

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

Example: ‘In all criminal cases the most favorable interpretation should be put on words that they can possibly bear.’;

To manage, wield, or direct.

Example: ‘Hath he borne himself penitently in prison?’;

To afford; to be to; to supply with.

Example: ‘His faithful dog shall bear him company.’;

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

Example: ‘Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore.’;

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

Example: ‘This age to blossom, and the next to bear.’;

To suffer, as in carrying a burden.

Example: ‘But man is born to bear.’;

To endure with patience; to be patient.

Example: ‘I can not, can not bear.’;

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

Example: ‘These men bear hard on the suspected party.’;

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

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

To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.

Example: ‘Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform.’;

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

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

A bier.

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

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.

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

Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.

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

A portable punching machine.

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

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

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

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

have;

Example: ‘bear a resemblance’; ‘bear a signature’;

give birth (to a newborn);

Example: ‘My wife had twins yesterday!’;

put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

Example: ‘I cannot bear his constant criticism’; ‘The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks’; ‘he learned to tolerate the heat’; ‘She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage’;

move while holding up or supporting;

Example: ‘Bear gifts’; ‘bear a heavy load’; ‘bear news’; ‘bearing orders’;

bring forth,

Example: ‘The apple tree bore delicious apples this year’; ‘The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers’;

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

Example: ‘I'll accept the charges’; ‘She agreed to bear the responsibility’;

contain or hold; have within;

Example: ‘The jar carries wine’; ‘The canteen holds fresh water’; ‘This can contains water’;

bring in;

Example: ‘interest-bearing accounts’; ‘How much does this savings certificate pay annually?’;

have on one's person;

Example: ‘He wore a red ribbon’; ‘bear a scar’;

behave in a certain manner;

Example: ‘She carried herself well’; ‘he bore himself with dignity’; ‘They conducted themselves well during these difficult times’;

have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices;

Example: ‘She bears the title of Duchess’; ‘He held the governorship for almost a decade’;

support or hold in a certain manner;

Example: ‘She holds her head high’; ‘He carried himself upright’;

be pregnant with;

Example: ‘She is bearing his child’; ‘The are expecting another child in January’; ‘I am carrying his child’;

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

A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

A tailless furry marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, koala bear, native bear, and native sloth. The koala lives almost all of its life in trees, moves sluggishly like a sloth, and eats eucalyptus leaves almost exclusively.

sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark

The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear (Phascolarctos cinereus), is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats, which are members of the family Vombatidae.