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Synonyms for bare up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bair
Phonetic Transcription : bɛər



Définition of bare up

Origin :
  • Old English beran "to bear, bring; bring forth, produce; to endure, sustain; to wear" (class IV strong verb; past tense bær, past participle boren), from Proto-Germanic *beranan (cf. Old Saxon beran, Old Frisian bera, Old High German beran, German gebären, Old Norse bera, Gothic bairan "to carry, bear, give birth to"), from PIE root *bher- (1) meaning both "give birth" (though only English and German strongly retain this sense, and Russian has beremennaya "pregnant") and "carry a burden, bring" (see infer).
  • Ball bearings "bear" the friction. Many senses are from notion of "move onward by pressure." Old English past tense bær became Middle English bare; alternative bore began to appear c.1400, but bare remained the literary form till after 1600. Past participle distinction of borne for "carried" and born for "given birth" is from late 18c. To bear (something) in mind is from 1530s.
  • verb endure
Example sentences :
  • His arms are bare up to the elbows, and he holds the flute with both hands.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences » by Hans Mattson
  • The flood then waxed and bare up the ark, and it rose above all the hills.
  • Extract from : « The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church » by lfric
  • In sheer delight at the relief, she threw up her dimpled arms, that were bare up to her short sleeves.
  • Extract from : « Heidi » by Johanna Spyri
  • And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
  • Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

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