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bear

1. n. a difficult task. This problem is a real bear.

2. n. an ugly woman. (Derogatory.) Tell the old bear to hold her tongue.

3. n. a highway patrol officer. (see also Smokey (the Bear).) There’s a bear hiding under that bridge.

See:

• (as) cross as a bear
• (as) cross as a bear with a sore head
• a bear hug
• a cross to bear
• average bear
• baby bear
• bare (one's) breast
• bare (one's) teeth
• bare necessities
• be like a bear with a sore head
• bear
• bear (one)self
• bear a grudge
• bear a hand
• bear a resemblance to
• bear arms
• bear away the bell
• bear cage
• bear cross
• bear down
• bear false witness
• bear fruit
• bear hug
• bear in mind
• bear in mind that
• bear in the air
• bear off
• bear on
• bear out
• bear testimony to
• bear the bell
• bear the brunt
• bear the brunt of
• bear the burden (of something)
• bear the palm
• bear the sight of (someone or something)
• bear trap
• bear up
• bear watching
• bear with
• bear witness to
• bring to bear
• busy as a hibernating bear
• can't bear to think about (something)
• can't stand
• cross as a bear
• cross to bear
• Do bears crap in the woods?
• Do bears poop in the woods?
• Do bears shit in the woods?
• Does a bear crap in the woods?
• Does a bear poop in the woods?
• Does a bear shit in the woods?
• escape the bear and fall to the lion
• grin and bear it
• gruff as a bear
• have a tiger by the tail
• hot enough to burn a polar bear's butt
• hungry as a bear
• keep company
• keep in mind
• lady bear
• like a bear with a sore head
• loaded for bear
• mama bear
• more than one can bear
• not bear the sight of (someone or something)
• skin the bear at once
• Smokey the Bear
• take the bear by the tooth
• than the average bear
• the weed of crime bears bitter fruit