1. noun /fiə,fɪə,fɪr/
a) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.
b) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.<!not a self-referential definition: the word "fear" here is used in the previous sense
Not everybody has the same fears.
2. verb /fiə,fɪə,fɪr/
a) To feel fear about (something).
‘Be God,’ sayde Sir Gawayne, ‘his grevys me but lytyll; yet shalt thou nat feare me for all thy grete wordis.
b) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
I fear the worst will happen.
3. adjective /fiə,fɪə,fɪr/
hale and fear
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