Words that rhyme with colbert

• bear 0
  n 1: massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws 2: an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price [ant: bull] v 1: have; "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature" 2: cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" [syn: give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have] 3: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up] 4: move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders" 5: bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" [syn: bear, turn out] 6: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" [syn: bear, take over, accept, assume] 7: contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn: hold, bear, carry, contain] 8: bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" [syn: yield, pay, bear] 9: have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar" [syn: wear, bear] 10: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry] 11: have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade" [syn: bear, hold] 12: support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" [syn: hold, carry, bear] 13: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect]
• bugbear 0
  n 1: an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn: bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger] 2: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson [syn: bugbear, hobgoblin]
• cudbear 0
  n 1: a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens [syn: orchil, archil, cudbear]
• forbear 0
  n 1: a person from whom you are descended [syn: forebear, forbear] v 1: refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker" [syn: forbear, hold back] 2: resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" [syn: refrain, forbear] [ant: act, move]
• forebear 0
  n 1: a person from whom you are descended [syn: forebear, forbear]
• overbear 0
  v 1: overcome; "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments" 2: bear too much 3: contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery [syn: bear down, overbear]
• threadbare 0
  adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn] 2: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"
• burt 0
  n 1: English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971) [syn: Burt, Cyril Burt, Cyril Lodowic Burt]
• flaubert 0
  n 1: French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880) [syn: Flaubert, Gustave Flaubert]
• camembert 0
  n 1: rich soft creamy French cheese
• bert 0
• berte 0
• birt 0
• burtt 0
• rambert 0
• holbert 0
• kolbert 0
• tolbert 0
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