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bear away
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v 1: remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or
emotional state; transport into a new location or state;
"Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant
lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take
you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the
dead man and I started to cry" [syn: take away, {bear
off}, bear away, carry away, carry off] [ant:
bring, convey, fetch, get] |
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To bear away
(gcide) | Bear \Bear\ (b[^a]r), v. i.
1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to
barrenness.
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This age to blossom, and the next to bear. --Dryden.
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2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
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But man is born to bear. --Pope.
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3. To endure with patience; to be patient.
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I can not, can not bear. --Dryden.
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4. To press; -- with on or upon, or against.
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These men bear hard on the suspected party.
--Addison.
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5. To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring
matters to bear.
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6. To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this
bear on the question?
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7. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
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Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain
time upon the platform. --Hawthorne.
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8. To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect
to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.
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To bear against, to approach for attack or seizure; as, a
lion bears against his prey. [Obs.]
To bear away (Naut.), to change the course of a ship, and
make her run before the wind.
To bear back, to retreat. "Bearing back from the blows of
their sable antagonist." --Sir W. Scott.
To bear down upon (Naut.), to approach from the windward
side; as, the fleet bore down upon the enemy.
To bear in with (Naut.), to run or tend toward; as, a ship
bears in with the land.
To bear off (Naut.), to steer away, as from land.
To bear up.
(a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to
sink; as, to bear up under afflictions.
(b) (Naut.) To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put
the ship before the wind; to bear away. --Hamersly.
To bear upon (Mil.), to be pointed or situated so as to
affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit
(the object); as, to bring or plant guns so as to bear
upon a fort or a ship; the artillery bore upon the center.
To bear up to, to tend or move toward; as, to bear up to
one another.
To bear with, to endure; to be indulgent to; to forbear to
resent, oppose, or punish.
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To bear away the bell
(gcide) | Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See Bellow.]
1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a
cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,
and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
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Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best
have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and
tin.
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The Liberty Bell, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State
House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared
the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had
been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words "Proclaim
liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
thereof."
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2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose
ball which causes it to sound when moved.
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3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
flower. "In a cowslip's bell I lie." --Shak.
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4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included
between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the
naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist
within the leafage of a capital.
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5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;
or the time so designated.
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Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck
eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after
it has struck "eight bells" it is struck once, and at
every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is
increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,
which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.
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To bear away the bell, to win the prize at a race where the
prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.
--Fuller.
To bear the bell, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion
to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a
team or drove, when wearing a bell.
To curse by bell, book, and candle, a solemn form of
excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the
bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose
being used, and three candles being extinguished with
certain ceremonies. --Nares.
To lose the bell, to be worsted in a contest. "In single
fight he lost the bell." --Fairfax.
To shake the bells, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.
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Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,
bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;
bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are
self-explaining.
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Bell arch (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the
curve of an ogee.
Bell cage, or Bell carriage (Arch.), a timber frame
constructed to carry one or more large bells.
Bell cot (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,
frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and
used to contain and support one or more bells.
Bell deck (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a
roof to the rooms below.
Bell founder, one whose occupation it is to found or cast
bells.
Bell foundry, or Bell foundery, a place where bells are
founded or cast.
Bell gable (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,
pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain
bells.
Bell glass. See Bell jar.
Bell hanger, a man who hangs or puts up bells.
Bell pull, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell
or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.
--Aytoun.
Bell punch, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell
when used.
Bell ringer, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose
business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of
musical bells for public entertainment.
Bell roof (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general
lines of a bell.
Bell rope, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
Bell tent, a circular conical-topped tent.
Bell trap, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
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