Resembling or having characteristics similar to those of a bear; bear-shaped or bear-like in appearance or behavior.
Compound of 'bear' and 'like' (meaning 'resembling'), formed with the productive adjective-forming suffix '-like,' which is commonly used to describe similarity.
The '-like' suffix is wonderfully flexible—you can attach it to almost any noun to create an adjective, which is why English speakers can freely invent words like 'bearlike' or 'catlike' without anyone misunderstanding the meaning.
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