"bear in" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bears in [present, singular, third-person], bearing in [participle, present], bore in [past], borne in [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,bore,borne>}} bear in (third-person singular simple present bears in, present participle bearing in, simple past bore in, past participle borne in)
  1. (intransitive, of a horse) To move quickly and sharply in an inward direction during a race; to veer in. Tags: intransitive Related terms: dawn on
    Sense id: en-bear_in-en-verb-VcNtjHty Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
  2. (literary, rare, usually passive voice) To induce (somebody) to realize something, to impress a realization (upon a person), usually in a gradual way. [with on or upon] Tags: literary, rare
    Sense id: en-bear_in-en-verb-Ni4aeAjw

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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