"bear off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bears off [present, singular, third-person], bearing off [participle, present], bore off [past], borne off [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bear<,,bore,borne> off}} bear off (third-person singular simple present bears off, present participle bearing off, simple past bore off, past participle borne off)
  1. To gain; to carry off, as a prize.
    Sense id: en-bear_off-en-verb-r2jIVGq5
  2. To restrain; to keep from approaching.
    Sense id: en-bear_off-en-verb-ZGMJUwkQ
  3. (nautical) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-bear_off-en-verb-AD~ndm91 Topics: nautical, transport
  4. (backgammon) To remove one of one's own checkers from the board. Categories (topical): Backgammon Translations (in backgammon): fer sortir (Catalan), auswürfeln (German), toplamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bear_off-en-verb-qKE6J7Wz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 21 57 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 19 11 18 41 11 Topics: backgammon, games Disambiguation of 'in backgammon': 19 14 10 48 10
  5. (board games) To remove a piece from play. Categories (topical): Board games
    Sense id: en-bear_off-en-verb-PTupmQJU

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bear off meaning in English (3.0kB)

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