Black Bear

–adjective

1.	lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.

2.	characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness: a black night.

3.	(sometimes initial capital letter) a. pertaining or belonging faa to any of the various populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. b. African-American.

4.	soiled or stained with dirt: That shirt was black within an hour.

5.	gloomy; pessimistic; dismal: a black outlook.

6.	deliberately; harmful; inexcusable: a black lie.

7.	boding ill; sullen or hostile; threatening: black words; black looks.

8.	(of coffee or tea) without milk or cream.

9.	without any moral quality or goodness; evil; wicked: His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.

10.	indicating censure, disgrace, or liability to punishment: a black mark on one's record.

11.	marked by disaster or misfortune: black areas of drought; Black Friday.

12.	wearing black or dark clothing or armor: the black prince.

13.	based on the grotesque, morbid, or unpleasant aspects of life: black comedy; black humor.

14.	(of a check mark, flag, etc.) done or written in black to indicate, as on a list, that which is undesirable, sub-standard, potentially dangerous, etc.: Pilots put a black flag next to the ten most dangerous airports.

15.	illegal or underground: The black economy pays no taxes.

16.	showing a profit; not showing any losses: the first black quarter in two years.

17.	deliberately false or intentionally misleading: black propaganda.

18.	British. boycotted, as certain goods or products by a trade union.

19.	(of steel) in the form in which it comes from the rolling mill or forge; unfinished.

–noun

20.	the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it. Compare white (def. 19).

21.	(sometimes initial capital 79e letter) a. a member of any of various dark-skinned peoples, esp. those of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. b. African-American.

22.	black clothing, esp. as a sign of mourning: He wore black at the funeral.

23.	Chess, Checkers. the dark-colored men or pieces or squares.

24.	black pigment: lamp black.

25.	Slang. black beauty.

26.	a horse or other animal that is entirely black.

–verb (used with object)

27.	to make black; put black on; blacken.

28.	British. to boycott or ban.

29.	to polish (shoes, boots, etc.) with blacking.

–verb (used without object)

30.	to become black; take on a black color; blacken.

–adverb

31.	(of coffee or tea) served without milk or cream.

—Verb phrase

32.

black out, a. to lose consciousness: He blacked out at the sight of blood. b. to erase, obliterate, or suppress: News reports were blacked out. c. to forget everything relating to a particular event, person, etc.: When it came to his war experiences he blacked out completely. d. Theater. to extinguish all of the stage lights. e. to make or become inoperable: to black out the radio broadcasts from the U.S. f. Military. to obscure by concealing all light in defense against air raids. g. Radio and Television. to impose a broadcast blackout on (an area). h. to withdraw or cancel (a special fare, sale, discount, etc.) for a designated period: The special air fare discount will be blacked out by the airlines over the holiday weekend.

—Idioms

33.	black and white, a. print or writing: I want that agreement in black and white. b. a monochromatic picture done with black and white only. c. a chocolate soda containing vanilla ice cream.

34.	black or white, completely either one way or another, without any intermediate state.

35.	in the black, operating at a profit or being out of debt (opposed to in the red ): New production methods put the company in the black.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof.

2.	to hold or remain firm under (a load): The roof will not bear the strain of his weight.

3.	to bring forth (young); give birth to: to bear a child.

4.	to produce by natural growth: a tree that bears fruit.

5.	to hold up under; be capable of: His claim doesn't bear close examination.

6.	to press or push against: The crowd was borne back by the police.

7.	to hold or carry (oneself, one's body, one's head, etc.): to bear oneself erectly.

8.	to conduct (oneself): to bear oneself bravely.

9.	to suffer; endure; undergo: to bear the blame.

10.	to sustain without yielding or suffering injury; tolerate (usually used in negative constructions, unless qualified): I can't bear your nagging. I can hardly bear to see her suffering so.

11.	to be fit for or worthy of: It doesn't bear repeating.

12.	to carry; bring: to bear gifts.

13.	to carry in the mind or heart: to bear love; to bear malice.

14.	to transmit or spread (gossip, tales, etc.).

15.	to render; afford; give: to bear witness; to bear testimony.

< d29 td>to lead; guide; take: They bore him home.

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17.	to have and be entitled to: to bear title.

18.	to exhibit; show: to bear a resemblance.

19.	to accept or have, as an obligation: to bear responsibility; to bear the cost.

20.	to stand in (a relation or ratio); have or show correlatively: the relation that price bears to profit.

21.	to possess, as a quality or characteristic; have in or on: to bear traces; to bear an inscription.

22.	to have and use; exercise: to bear authority; to bear sway.

–verb (used without object)

23.	to tend in a course or direction; move; go: to bear west; to bear left at the fork in the road.

24.	to be located or situated: The lighthouse bears due north.

25.	to bring forth young or fruit: Next year the tree will bear.

—Verb phrases

26.	bear down, a. to press or weigh down. b. to strive harder; intensify one's efforts: We can't hope to finish unless everyone bears down. c. Nautical. to approach from windward, as a ship: The cutter was bearing down the channel at twelve knots.

27.	bear down on or upon, a. to press or weigh down on. b. to strive toward. c. to approach something rapidly. 1056 d. Nautical. to approach (another vessel) from windward: The sloop bore down on us, narrowly missing our stern.

28.	bear off, a. Nautical. to keep (a boat) from touching or rubbing against a dock, another boat, etc. b. Nautical. to steer away. c. Backgammon. to remove the stones from the board after they are all home.

29.	bear on or upon, to affect, relate to, or have connection with; be relevant to: This information may bear on the case.

30.	bear out, to substantiate; confirm: The facts bear me out.

31.	bear up, to endure; face hardship bravely: It is inspiring to see them bearing up so well.

32.	bear with, to be patient or forbearing with: Please bear with me until I finish the story.

—Idiom

33.	bring to bear, to concentrate on with a specific purpose: Pressure was brought to bear on those with overdue accounts.