(Canada, informal, simile) Very inexpensive.

(Britain, law, historical) The sentencing of young offenders to a special prison.

(idiomatic, emphatic) Ever; in one's whole life.

simple past tense and past participle of bear upon

simple past tense and past participle of bear on

(informal, often derogatory) A person who is habitually unsuccessful or unlucky or who is prejudged to be a failure in life, especially one with a defeatist outlook.

Familiar from birth with a specified custom, behaviour, accoutrement etc.; naturally suited to it.

simple past tense of bear witness

past participle of bear witness

A clam, Tridacna crocea, capable of burrowing even through rock.