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Meanings of bruin in English

Portuguese
urso-pardo
Catalan
ós bru

Large ferocious bear of Eurasia.

        urso-pardo
        Usage of bruin in English
        1
        When bruin was close at his heels he threw down his cap.
        Fast in the Ice: Adventures in the Polar Regions
        2
        Because the kangaroo went in with hops, and the bear was always bruin.
        My Book of Indoor Games
        3
        The movement was a surprise to bruin and he stopped short.
        Guns and Snowshoes; Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters
        4
        But immediately we began to see bear signs and ultimately got our bruin.
        Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
        5
        Since this, our maiden bear, we have had various other encounters with bruin.
        Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
        6
        They tied bruin to the centre post, and the barks grew louder and fiercer.
        Over Strand and Field: A Record of Travel through Brittany
        7
        She at once suspected that bruin designed to dine off one of the hogs.
        The Chignecto Isthmus and Its First Settlers
        8
        Andy believed that bruin would soon find and harbor himself in some cozy nook.
        Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
        9
        The deep snow lapped the bruin's belly without slowing it.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        10
        The enraged bruin swiped at the creatures clinging to him.
        The Clan of the Cave Bear
        11
        Poor bruin, it must be in pain from its wounds.
        Sovereign
        12
        The missile went true, and with his skull crushed, bruin stretched out and lay still.
        Dave Porter at Star Ranch; Or, The Cowboy's Secret
        13
        But bruin was not to be baulked so easily.
        Fort Desolation: Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land
        14
        Posey has been known to say that he said these things to a charging bruin.
        Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories
        15
        Quite unconscious of his danger, bruin continued to reach down into the vat with unwearied determination.
        Fort Desolation: Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land
        16
        They caught sight of bruin, stretched under the tree, and with a shout they stormed him.
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        Portuguese
        urso-pardo
        Catalan
        ós bru
        Bruin through the time