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What does bear up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word bear up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (nautical) To sail close to the wind.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To endure hardship cheerfully.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To support; to keep from falling or sinking.
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Cob can be used as in-fill in post-and-beam buildings, but is often used for load bearing walls, and can bear up to two stories.
Women should not only bear up half of heaven, they should also accept responsibility for decisions concerning our whole world.
The support of one's brothers and sisters in Christ is like a fortress that helps us to bear up in times of trial.
An operating room equipped with 4 other rooms, a table for bariatric surgery able to bear up to 400kg.
The traditional structures of labour law do not bear up to present-day realities.
I asked myself whether this Carbon Drive would bear up at all and if it might derail easily.

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