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Beared vs Barred - What's the difference?

beared | barred |

As verbs the difference between beared and barred

is that beared is (bear) while barred is (bar).

As an adjective barred is

having bars; striped.

beared

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bear)
  • * 1996 , Jules Tygiel, The Great Los Angeles Swindle , page 124:
    • The sudden emergence of a bull market generated panic among brokers who had "beared " or "shorted" the stock.
  • * Jack London, Hearts of Three
    • For see, except where your holdings are concerned, the market is reasonable and right. But take your holdings. There's Frisco Consolidated. There is neither sense nor logic that it should be beared this way.

    Usage notes

    * This form is found especially in the finance sense. In most other senses, the past tense bore and past participle borne are generally preferred.

    barred

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having bars; striped.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=14 citation , passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall.  Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.}}
  • Prevented.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (bar)
    • He barred the door at evening.
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