# bears

Pronunciation: say "BAIRZ" US /bɛɹz/, UK /bɛəz/

## Noun

1. Plural of bear. — plural of bear
   - Simple: Plural of bear. Use this form when you mean more than one bear.
   - _Grizzly bears can weigh more than six hundred pounds._
   - _The reserve protects black bears and several other native species._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of bear. — third-person singular simple present indicative of bear
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of bear. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The old bridge still bears the heavy traffic of the morning commute._
   - _Her account bears little resemblance to what the witnesses described._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bears (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).