weight-bear

English

Alternative forms

• weight bear, weightbear

Etymology

Back-formation from weight-bearing.

Verb

weight-bear (third-person singular simple present weight-bears, present participle weight-bearing, simple past weight-beared or weight-bore, past participle weight-beared or weight-borne)

1. (medicine) To bear weight; to support or withstand the weight of the body.

Related terms

• weight-bearing