Bear (disambiguation) — A bear is a large mammal in the family Ursidae of the order Carnivora.Bear may also refer to: * Bear (ship), a famous exploration ship * Bear (gay slang), a subculture of the gay community consisting primarily of large, hairy, and usually bearded … Wikipedia
Bear (gay slang) — Bear is LGBT slang for those in the bear communities, a subculture in the gay/bisexual male communities and an emerging subset of LGBT communities with events, codes and culture specific identity. It also describes a physical type.Bears tend to… … Wikipedia
lean — [adj] bare, thin angular, anorexic, barren, beanpole*, bony, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, inadequate, infertile, lank, lanky, meager, no fat, pitiful, poor, rangy, rawboned, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow*, sinewy, skinny,… … New thesaurus
bear down on — verb 1. sail towards another vessel, of a ship (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑bear down upon • Topics: ↑navigation, ↑pilotage, ↑piloting • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bear down on — Synonyms and related words: accost, advance, advance against, advance upon, approach, approach anchorage, appropinquate, approximate, bear against, bear down upon, bear hard upon, bear up, bear up for, bear up to, close, close in, close with,… … Moby Thesaurus
lean on — Synonyms and related words: abut on, bank on, be based on, bear against, bear down on, bear down upon, bear hard upon, bear on, bestraddle, bestride, bet on, calculate on, count on, depend on, gamble on, high pressure, lie on, perch, place… … Moby Thesaurus
bear upon — Synonyms and related words: abut on, act on, affect, answer to, appertain to, apply to, approach, assault, be based on, bear, bear on, belong to, bestraddle, bestride, boost, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, butt, butt against,… … Moby Thesaurus
lean on — (Roget s IV) , v. 1. [To be supported by] Syn. rest on, be upheld by, bear on, put one s weight on, hang on, hang upon, fasten on; see also lean 1 . 2. [To rely upon] Syn. believe in, count on, put faith in; see depend on , trust 1 … English dictionary for students
lean — I v 1. incline, bend, angle, bevel, cant, slope, slant, pitch, grade, bank; slouch, slump, bow over; descend, fall, drop, dip, sag; swerve, swing, veer, turn, curve, fork; sway, totter, falter; careen, list, heel, tip. 2. tend, have a tendency,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
bear down — Synonyms and related words: beat down, bring low, buckle down, couch, crush, debase, defeat, depress, detrude, do double duty, downbear, elucubrate, endeavor, get cracking, get cutting, go all out, haul down, hit the ball, hop to it, hotfoot,… … Moby Thesaurus
