Bear-grass, n. Yucca, Adam's needle, Spanish bayonet.
Bearing, n. 1. Deportment, demeanor, behavior, conduct, carriage, mien, air, port.
2. Relation, dependency, connection.
3. Endurance, suffering.
4. Direction, course, aim, aspect, point of compass.
Bearings, n. pl. Charges (in coats of arms).
Bearish, a. Rough, rude, coarse, savage, boorish, uncivil, uncourteous, discourteous, impolite, ungentlemanly.
Bear one's self, Behave, acquit one's self, conduct one's self.
Bear out, Maintain, support, defend, uphold, justify, make good.
Bear the bell, Be the leader.
Bear the cross, Take up the cross, submit to trials or afflictions.
Bear the palm, Excel, be superior.
Bear up, 1. (Active.) Support, uphold; sustain, keep from falling.
2. (Passive.) Stand firm, show fortitude.
Bear with, Endure, bear, tolerate, put up with, have patience with.
Bear witness, Testify, depose, state, affirm, declare, aver, avow, say, swear.
Beast, n. Brute (fit for the service of man), quadruped, beast of the field, four-footed animal, irrational animal.
Beastly, a. Brutish, brutal, bestial, sensual, irrational.
Beat, v. a. 1. Strike, knock, hit, thump, belabor, drub, maul, pommel, baste, thrash, thwack, bang, lay blows upon.
2. Hammer, forge.
3. Pound, bruise, pulverize, comminute, bray, break in pieces.
4. Batter, smite, pelt, dash against.
5. Conquer, overcome, subdue, vanquish, overpower, defeat, checkmate.
6. [Colloquial.] Excel, surpass, outdo, cut out.
Beat, v. n. 1. Pulsate, throb.
2. Dash, strike.
3. (Naut.) Go against the wind, go a zigzag course.
Beat, n. 1. Stroke, striking, blow.
2. Pulsation, throb, beating.
3. Round, course.
Beat all hollow, [Low.] Surpass completely, excel beyond all question.
Beat back, Repulse, repel, drive back.
Beat down, 1. Batter, overturn, destroy, break, throw down.
2. Subdue, overpower, overcome, crush, put down.
3. Press down (by blows), lay flat.
Beaten, a. 1. Worn by use, much travelled.
2. Hackneyed, trite, common, common-place.
Beatific, a. Ravishing, enchanting.
Beatification, n. 1. Beatifying (especially the act of the pope in declaring a person happy after death).
2. Bliss, beatitude.
Beatify, v. a. Enrapture, enchant, transport, enravish, make happy.
Beating, n. 1. Striking, drubbing, flogging, thrashing, cudgelling, pommelling, caning, flagellation, bastinado.