"fears" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-fears.ogg [US] Forms: fear [singular], fears [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|fear}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The plural form of fear; more than one (kind of) fear.
    Sense id: simple-fears-en-noun-vFH0m2vC Categories (other): Plurals

Verb

Audio: en-us-fears.ogg [US] Forms: fear [canonical], fears [third-person, singular], feared [past], feared [past, participle], fearing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|fear}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The third-person singular form of fear.
    Sense id: simple-fears-en-verb-v7zFiF42
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