Bear vs. Pig

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.

Pignoun

Any of several intelligent mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus scrofa.

Pignoun

(specifically) A young swine, a piglet contrasted with a hog, an adult swine.

Pignoun

(uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.

Pignoun

Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

Pignoun

A lecherous or sexist man.

Pignoun

A dirty or slovenly person.

Pignoun

A police officer.

Pignoun

(informal) A difficult problem.

Pignoun

A block of cast metal.

Pignoun

The mold in which a block of metal is cast.

Pignoun

(engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.

Pignoun

(derogatory) A person who is obese to the extent of resembling a pig (the animal).

Pignoun

The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.

Pignoun

(uncountable) A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.

Pignoun

(Scottish) earthenware, or an earthenware shard

Pignoun

An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer

Pigverb

(of swine) to give birth.

Pigverb

(intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).

Pigverb

(intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

Pigverb

To clean (a pipeline) using a pig the device.

Pignoun

A piggin.

Pignoun

The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.

Pignoun

Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.

Pignoun

An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.

Pignoun

One who is hoggish; a greedy person.

Pigverb

To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.

Pigverb

To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

Pignoun

domestic swine

Pignoun

a coarse obnoxious person

Pignoun

a person regarded as greedy and pig-like

Pignoun

uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Pignoun

mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast

Pignoun

a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace

Pigverb

live like a pig, in squalor

Pigverb

eat greedily;

Pigverb

give birth;

Pignoun

an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat.

Pignoun

a wild animal of the pig family; a hog.

Pignoun

a young pig; a piglet.

Pignoun

the flesh of a pig as food.

Pignoun

a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person

Pignoun

a police officer

Pignoun

an oblong mass of iron or lead from a smelting furnace.

Pignoun

a device which fits snugly inside an oil or gas pipeline and is sent through it to clean or test the inside, or to act as a barrier.

Pigverb

gorge oneself with food

Pigverb

crowd together with other people in disorderly or dirty conditions

Pigverb

(of a sow) give birth to piglets; farrow.

Pigverb

operate a pig within an oil or gas pipeline

Pig

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae. Pigs include domestic pigs and their ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), along with other species.