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TO BEAR OFF

Definition: TO BEAR OFF

TO BEAR OFF

1. (a) To restrain; to keep from approach. (b) (Naut.) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything; as, to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat. (c) To gain; to carry off, as a prize.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO BEAR OFF

English words defined with "TO BEAR OFF": GreeTo carry off. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TO BEAR OFF": carton catcher, CLOTH-PRINTER HELPER, CONVEYOR FEEDER-OFFBEARERdumper-bulk systemFARMWORKER, MACHINE, finishing machine operator, flow-solder machine operatorGhostINFALAPSARIANLABORER, BOOT AND SHOEmachine operatorPistolReal Programmers Don't Use Pascal, ROLLING-MILL-OPERATOR HELPERstitcher operator, STITCHING-MACHINE OPERATORTONGUE-AND-GROOVE-MACHINE OPERATORVENEER-JOINTER OFFBEARERWASTE CHOPPER, WAVE-SOLDERING MACHINE OPERATOR. (references)

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Anagrams: TO BEAR OFF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-f-o-o-r-t"

-1 letter: barefoot.

-2 letters: offbeat.

-3 letters: boater, borate, effort, foetor, footer, rebato, reboot.

-4 letters: abort, afoot, afore, after, boart, boffo, fetor, forte, oater, offer, ofter, orate, robot, taber, taboo, tabor.

-5 letters: abet, aero, baff, bare, barf, bate, bear, beat, beta, boar, boat, boff, boor, boot, bora, bore, bort, bota, brae, brat, broo, fare, faro, fart, fate, fear.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-f-f-o-o-r-t"
 

+5 letters: nonforfeitable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO BEAR OFF


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      42 45 41 52      4F 46 46

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000010 01000101 01000001 01010010 00100000 01001111 01000110 01000110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#66 &#69 &#65 &#82 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#70

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0042 0045 0041 0052      004F 0046 0046

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54492363935522494040

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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