different between abeam vs abear

English

Etymology

a- (“in the direction of”) +? beam (“keel”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?.?bi?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?bim/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Adverb

abeam (comparative more abeam, superlative most abeam)

1. (nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative. [Mid 19^th century.]
2. (nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft. [Mid 19^th century.]

Translations

Adjective

abeam (comparative more abeam, superlative most abeam)

1. (nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft. [Mid 19^th century.]

   The island was directly abeam of us.

Preposition

abeam

1. (nautical) Alongside. [Mid 19^th century.]

   She came abeam the crippled ship.

References

Anagrams

• Ambae, ameba

Latin

Verb

abeam

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of abe?

English

Etymology

From Middle English aberen, from Old English ?beran (“to bear, carry, carry away”), from ?- (“away, out”), ar- + beran (“to bear”), from Proto-Germanic *uzberan? (“to bear off, bring forth, produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to a- +? bear. Cognate with Old High German irberan, Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (usbairan).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??b??/, [??b??]
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b??/, [??b??]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

abear (third-person singular simple present abears, present participle abearing, simple past abore, past participle aborn or aborne)

1. (transitive, now rare, dialectal) To put up with; to endure; to bear. [from 9th c.]
2. (transitive, obsolete) To bear; to carry. [10th-15th c.]
3. (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself. [16th-17th c.]

Usage notes

• (endure): Used in the negative nowadays.

Derived terms

• abearance
• abearing

Noun

abear (plural abears)

1. (obsolete) Bearing, behavior. [14th-17th c.]

Anagrams

• Abaré, Areba, Raabe, abare