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Chicago
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noun
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
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noun
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a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
bear
Noun
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A bear is a big animal with a short tail. They either eat only meat or meat and plants. There are many different types of bears, for example brown bears and polar bears.
Polar bears are white.
Grizzly bears live in North America.
bear
Verb
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If mathx/math bears mathy/math, mathx/math holds mathy/math up.
This wall bears half the weight of the roof.
The chieftain bears a spear.
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If someone bears something bad, they accept it or deal with it.
He has to bear insults because of his appearance.
I cannot bear looking at the news.
The pain is so bad, I can hardly bear it.
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If a baby is born, it comes out of its mother.
The woman bore a little boy.
He was born on October 22, 1983.
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If something is born, it is newly created.
This idea was born out of boredom.
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If something bears fruit, flowers, etc., it grows them.
This apple tree is 100 years old, it does not bear apples anymore.
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If mathx/math bears mathy/math, mathx/math holds mathy/math on the surface.
Peter bears a small scar on his forehead.
The flag bore a white lion.
The sign bears the words "Hey there!".