Definitions for borne
borne
borne
Spelling: [bawrn, bohrn]
IPA: /bɔrn, boʊrn/
Borne is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 60 anagrams from letters in borne (benor).
Definitions for borne
noun
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a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
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any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
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any of various animals resembling the bear, as the ant bear.
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a gruff, burly, clumsy, bad-mannered, or rude person.
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a person who believes that market prices, especially of stocks, will decline (opposed to bull).
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Informal. a person who shows great ability, enthusiasm, stamina, etc.:
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(initial capital letter) Astronomy. either of two constellations, Ursa Major or Ursa Minor.
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Informal. a player at cards who rarely bluffs.
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(initial capital letter) Russia.
verb
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a past participle of bear1 .
Idioms
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bring to bear, to concentrate on with a specific purpose:
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loaded for bear, Informal. fully prepared and eager to initiate or deal with a fight, confrontation, or trouble:
adjective
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having to do with or marked by declining prices, as of stocks:
Verb phrases
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bear down,
to press or weigh down.
to strive harder; intensify one's efforts:
Nautical. to approach from windward, as a ship:
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bear down on/upon,
to press or weigh down on.
to strive toward.
to approach something rapidly.
Nautical. to approach (another vessel) from windward:
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bear off,
Nautical. to keep (a boat) from touching or rubbing against a dock, another boat, etc.
Nautical. to steer away.
Backgammon. to remove the stones from the board after they are all home.
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bear on/upon, to affect, relate to, or have connection with; be relevant to:
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bear out, to substantiate; confirm:
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bear up, to endure; face hardship bravely:
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bear with, to be patient or forbearing with:
verb (used with object)
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to hold up; support:
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to hold or remain firm under (a load):
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to bring forth (young); give birth to:
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to produce by natural growth:
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to hold up under; be capable of:
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to press or push against:
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to hold or carry (oneself, one's body, one's head, etc.):
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to conduct (oneself):
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to suffer; endure; undergo:
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to sustain without yielding or suffering injury; tolerate (usually used in negative constructions, unless qualified):
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to be fit for or worthy of:
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to carry; bring:
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to carry in the mind or heart:
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to transmit or spread (gossip, tales, etc.).
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to render; afford; give:
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to lead; guide; take:
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to have and be entitled to:
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to exhibit; show:
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to accept or have, as an obligation:
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to stand in (a relation or ratio); have or show correlatively:
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to possess, as a quality or characteristic; have in or on:
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to have and use; exercise:
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Stock Exchange. to force prices down in (a market, stock, etc.).
verb (used without object)
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to tend in a course or direction; move; go:
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to be located or situated:
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to bring forth young or fruit:
Origin of borne
French: pillar; see bourn2
Examples for borne
Pericles has borne all his misfortunes with the dignity of an immortal.
The year was 2006 and Allen, like her fellow UK countrymen Arctic Monkeys, was borne in the freaky fires of MySpace.
You've had contrary winds so far, but you've borne up against them.
The most egregious uses of lethal force have been borne by people with intellectual disabilities and children.
And since 2000, the White House briefing room has borne his name.
The distant sound of a church-clock is borne faintly on the wind.
No city has borne a greater share of pain from the fracturing of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel than Héctor's beloved Acapulco.
Can you think such usage, and to such a young lady, is to be borne?
Graffiti was borne out of the South Bronx streets as one of the key pillars of the hip-hop movement.
This quickness upon me, interrupted my mother, is not to be borne!