Bear Up

Definition: Bear Up

Bear Up

Verb

1. Endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain.

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Approach

Verb: approach, approximate, appropinquate; near; get near, go near, draw near; come to close quarters, come near; move towards, set in towards; drift; make up to; gain upon; pursue; tread on the heels of; bear up; make the land; hug the shore, hug the land.

Cheerfulness

Verb: be cheerful; Adjective: have the mind at ease, smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's spirits; view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose; ridentem dicere virum, cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up; chirp, take heart, cast away care, drive dull care away, perk up.

Courage

Take courage, muster courage, summon up courage, pluck up courage; nerve oneself, take heart; take heart, pluck up heart of grace; hold up one's head, screw one's courage to the sticking place; come up to scratch; stick to one's guns, standfire, stand against; bear up, bear up against; hold out; (persevere) a.

Perseverance

Verb: persevere, persist; hold on, hold out; die in the last ditch, be in at the death; stick to, cling to, adhere to; stick to one's text, keep on; keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground; go all lengths, go through fire and water; bear up, keep up, hold up; plod; stick to work; (work); continue; follow up; die in harness, die at one's post.

Relief

Cheer, comfort, console; enliven; encourage, bear up, pat on the back, give comfort, set at ease; gladden the heart, cheer the heart; inspirit, invigorate.

Resistance

Verb: resist; not submit; repugn, reluct, reluctate, withstand; stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against; stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out; hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm.

Crosswords: Bear Up

Thanks for being man enough to bear up to the curse of my overpowering machismo? (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks)

Bear Up! (1963)

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Two foundations there are which bear up public societies; the one a natural inclination, whereby all men desire sociable life and fellowship; the other an order, expresly or secretly agreed upon, touching the manner of their union in living together: the latter is that which we call the law of a common- weal, the very soul of a politic body, the parts whereof are by law animated, held together, and set on work in such actions as the common good requireth. (Second Treatise of Government)

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I know how to bear up under events.

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Expressions using "bear up": bear up against ♦ bear up for ♦ bear up to ♦ to bear up ♦ To bear up to. Additional references.

Albanian

mbahem mirë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تحمل (afford, bear, bearing, decamp, defray, endure, firmness, have smb. over, hold out, incur, last, lump it, mizzle, pocket, put up with, see, stand, stick, stick it out, stomach, suffer, support, sustain, tighten, tolerate, undergo), ‏صمد (endure, hold, hold at bay, hold one's ground, hold one's own, hold out, hold out against, keep, last out, outlive, resist, stand one's ground, stand the strain, stick it out, withstand), ‏إقترب (approach, draw near, near), ‏دنا (approach). (various references)

Bulgarian 

не се отчайвам, държа се (acquit oneself, act, bear, comport, comport oneself, conduct oneself, demean, deport oneself, hold, hold on, hold one's own, quit, stand out, stick, walk). (various references)

Czech

držet se (clutch at, hold in, hold to, keep up). (various references)

French

tenir le coup, supporter (bear), ne pas se laisser abattre, laisser porter (bear away), abattre (bear away). (various references)

German

sich halten (abide by, bear, carry oneself, control oneself, hang on, hold, hold on, hold oneself, hold out, keep, last, linger, obey, save, stay, stick). (various references)

Greek 

ρεύμα από την επιφάνεια του νερού, φέρω πάνω, αντιμετωπίζω με θάρροσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"חזיק מעמ�" (endure, hold ones ground, hold one's own, hold out, keep up, last out, stand, stand for, stick it out, sustain, weather). (various references)

Hungarian

támogat (abet, advocate, aid, assist, back, back up, befriend, bolster, champion, espouse, Favor, favour, Foster, further, help, hold up, lean, maintain, promote, provide support, reinforce, side, stand for, stick by, subsidize, support, sustain, to advocate, to aid, to assist, to back up, to bolster up, to come out for sy, to espouse, to faster, to favor, to flank, to foster, to further, to give countenance to sy, to hold up, to patronize, to second, to side with sy, to subserve, to subsidize, to succour, to support, to thicken, upbear, uphold). (various references)

Italian

puggiare (bear away), poggiare (abet, base oneself, lean, perch, rest, support, sustain), incoraggiare (animate, cheer, embolden, encourage, Foster, hearted, hearten, urge). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

力む (to bear up, to bluff, to boast, to exert one's strength, to strain, to swagger), 歯�'食いしばる (to bear up in tragedy, to hold one's temper, to stand pain well), 不幸に� �える (to bear up under misfortune). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふ�"うにたえる (to bear up under misfortune), りきむ (to bear up, to bluff, to boast, to exert one's strength, to strain, to swagger), は�'くいしばる (to bear up in tragedy, to hold one's temper, to stand pain well). (various references)

Pig Latin

earbay upay

Portuguese

resistir (antagonize, buck, confront, defy, hold out, resist, stand up to, withstand), agüentar (abide, bear, bear with, carry out, endure, put up with, stand, stand up to, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate, upbear, withstand). (various references)

Romanian

susţine (advocate, affirm, allege, argue, assert, back, back up, bear, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, champion, claim, contend, countenance, defend, encourage, endorse, entertain, Favor, favour, fortify, give countenance to smb., hold, hold up, maintain, pep, promote, prop, reinforce, sanction, second, speed, sponsor, submit, support, underlie, uphold, vindicate), sta cu fruntea sus. (various references)

Russian 

подбадривать (cheer up), поддерживать (atlas, back, back up, bear out, befriend, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, countenance, encourage, encouraged by, exhort, give support to, hold up, keep up, maintain, scaffolds, stand by, support, supported, sustain, underpin, upbear, uphold). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

izdržati (face it out, hold out, resist, stand, stick it out, weather, withstand), hrabriti. (various references)

Spanish

sostener (abet, absorb, bear, carry, carry through, hold, hold up, keep up, live, maintain, meet, support, sustain, uphold, wear), resistir (bear, bear up against, discourage, endure, fight, hang on, hang out, hold, hold on, hold out, last, last out, oppose, react, resist, stay, stick, withstand), mantenerse firme (hold, hold one's own, hold stand, stand pat), animarse (brace up, buck up, hot up, liven, liven up, pluck up). (various references)

Swedish

hålla modet uppe. (various references)

Turkish

yardım etmek (afford assistance, aid, assist, bear a hand, bear out, bear smb. out, befriend, comfort, further, give a hand, give a leg up, give smb. a leg up, give smb. a lift, hand, help, lend a hand, lend assistance, lend help to, lend oneself to, make oneself useful, pull through, second, see through, service, support), neşelenmek (be happy, brighten up, buck up, cheer up, kick up one's heels, liven, liven up, perk, perk up, quicken, rejoice), neşelen (cheer up), destek olmak (arm, back, back up, bolster up, cooperate, roll a log for smb., see through, shore, smile on, support), dayanmak (abut, be based on, be predicated on, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hang on, hinge on, hold, hold on, hold one's own, hold out, hold up, last, lean, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, resist, rest, rest against, root in, stand, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, wear, withstand), dayan (hang on, keep it up), cesaret (audacity, boldness, bravery, chivalry, courage, daring, doughtiness, enterprise, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, gumption, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, nerve, pecker, pluck, prowess, sand, spirit, spunk, stoutness, ticker, valiantness, valor, valour). (various references)

Ukrainian

підтримувати (aliment, back, back up, block, bolster, carry, cheer, corroborate, encourage, favour, fortify, get behind, hold up, keep alive, maintain, play up, prop, pull, push, second, sponsor, stand for, support, sustain, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold), підбадьорювати (bolden, cheer, embolden, encourage, enliven, hearten, jazz, pep up, reman). (various references)

Welsh

ymgynnal (control oneself, support oneself). (various references)

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

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: upbear.

-1 letter: pareu.

-2 letters: aper, bare, bear, beau, brae, bura, burp, pare, pear, prau, pure, rape, reap, rube, urea.

-3 letters: ape, arb, are, bap, bar, bra, bur, ear, eau, era, par, pea, per, pub, pur, rap, reb, rep, rub, rue, urb.

-4 letters: ab, ae, ar, ba, be, er, pa, pe, re, up.

+1 letter: breakup, puberal, upbears.

+2 letters: abrupter, breakups, penumbra, pourable, prunable, pubertal, superbad, upbearer.

+3 letters: abruptest, cupbearer, euphorbia, groupable, parbuckle, penumbrae, penumbral, penumbras, reputable, reputably, superable, superably, superbank, upbearers, upbearing, upbraided, upbraider.

+4 letters: abruptness, bankrupted, cupbearers, euphorbias, paperbound, parbuckled, parbuckles, perdurable, perdurably, permutable, prepuberal, presumable, presumably, procurable, pulverable, recoupable, republican, subchapter, subprimate, superbanks, superboard, unprovable, upbraiders, upgradable.