Crossword clues for great bear
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bear \Bear\ (b[^a]r), n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero, pero, G. b["a]r, Icel. & Sw. bj["o]rn, and possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh`r beast, Skr. bhalla bear.]
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(Zo["o]l.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.
Note: The European brown bear ( Ursus arctos), the white polar bear ( Ursus maritimus), the grizzly bear ( Ursus horribilis), the American black bear, and its variety the cinnamon bear ( Ursus Americanus), the Syrian bear ( Ursus Syriacus), and the sloth bear, are among the notable species.
(Zo["o]l.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
(Astron.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
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(Stock Exchange) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.
Note: The bears and bulls of the Stock Exchange, whose interest it is, the one to depress, and the other to raise, stocks, are said to be so called in allusion to the bear's habit of pulling down, and the bull's of tossing up.
(Mach.) A portable punching machine.
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(Naut.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck. Australian bear. (Zo["o]l.) See Koala. Bear baiting, the sport of baiting bears with dogs. Bear caterpillar (Zo["o]l.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp. of the genus Euprepia. Bear garden.
A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting.
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Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted.
--M. Arnold.Bear leader, one who leads about a performing bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels.
Great \Great\ (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. Greater; superl. Greatest.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre['a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
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Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.
He doth object I am too great of birth.
--Shak. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
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Pregnant; big (with young).
The ewes great with young.
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More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
We have all Great cause to give great thanks.
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(Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc. Great bear (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major. Great cattle (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and yearlings. --Wharton. Great charter (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta. Great circle of a sphere, a circle the plane of which passes through the center of the sphere. Great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places. Great go, the final examination for a degree at the University of Oxford, England; -- called also greats. --T. Hughes. Great guns. (Naut.) See under Gun. The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on the northern borders of the United States. Great master. Same as Grand master, under Grand. Great organ (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has the middle position. The great powers (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy. Great primer. See under Type. Great scale (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest to highest. Great sea, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black and the Mediterranean seas are so called. Great seal.
The principal seal of a kingdom or state.
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In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is custodian of this seal); also, his office.
Great tithes. See under Tithes.
The great, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful.
The Great Spirit, among the North American Indians, their chief or principal deity.
To be great (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with him).
--Bacon.
Wikipedia
The term Great Bear can refer to:
- Ursa Major, the constellation, whose name is the Latin for "Great Bear".
- Great Bear Lake, the largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada and the fourth largest in North America.
- Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia.
- Great Bear Wilderness area in Montana.
- Great Bear Recreation Park, a ski hill in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
- Great Bear (roller coaster), an inverted steel rollercoaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
- The Great Bear (lithograph), artwork by Simon Patterson based on the London Tube map.
- The Great Bear (play), a 1951 play, never produced, by John Osborne
- The Great Bear (film), a 2011 Danish film
- GWR 111 The Great Bear, a British steam locomotive.
- The Sons of Great Bear, an East German film
- A personification of Russia.
- A NATO codename for the Soviet Tu-95 bomber
Great Bear is an inverted roller coaster located at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Designed by Werner Stengel, the roller coaster was built by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) and opened in 1998 in the Kissing Tower Hill section of the park. Due to surrounding terrain and proximity to other attractions, the coaster was one of B&M's most difficult installations. The supports weren't permitted to be built in nearby Spring Creek, and the limitation resulted in an unusual support structure design for a B&M coaster.
Usage examples of "great bear".
Clutching his amulet, he implored the spirit of the Great Bear to bring forth the spirit of the totem that protected the girl born to the Others.
The chief runs faster as the roar grows louder, the sound bigger even than the biggest stampeding herd in the biggest hunt, the wall of cloud rampaging over the land with a swift but lumbering dignity, like a great bear.
He could complain authoritatively about the lonelinessof a stranger in Athens during the Eleusyian Mysteries, in ancient Baghdadduring Ramadan, in Rome at Saturnalia, in China at New Year, in the Cave of theOld Ones at the Feast of the Great Bear .
Now a tension built in the tipi, as if a great bear was about to charge inside.
CYRANO (just as he is about to pass, holds out his leg as if to show him something and stops him): In my leg--the calf--there is a tooth Of the Great Bear, and, passing Neptune close, I would avoid his trident's point, and fell, Thus sitting, plump, right in the Scales!
Horses no less than horned cattle at times fall victims to this great bear, which usually spring on them from the edge of a clearing as they graze in some mountain pasture, or among the foot-hills.
Instantly the great bear turned with a harsh roar of fury and challenge, blowing the blood foam from his mouth, so that I saw the gleam of his white fangs.
His clock was the sky, and when the Great Bear stood below the Star That Does Not Move, he made the call of the walking dog, the coyote.