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Mexican
Noun
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A Mexican is a person or thing that comes from Mexico.
Mexican
Adjective
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Something or someone that is Mexican comes from Mexico.
The Mexican currency is the Peso.
grizzly
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noun
powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
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adjective
(= grey, gray, hoar, hoary)
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
whose beard with age is hoar
— Coleridge
nodded his hoary head
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!".