Bear and Lead

Bear

Bear verb - To be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction.
Usage example: the path will bear north after that marked tree

Lead and bear are semantically related in take topic. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a verb "Bear".

Nearby Words: bearing, bearish, bearer, bearskin, beared

Lead

Lead verb - To be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction.
Usage example: this old road leads to an abandoned quarry

Bear and lead are semantically related in take topic. Sometimes you can use "Bear" instead a verb "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

Common collocations

life bear life lead life
children bear children lead children
times bear times lead times
lives bear lives lead lives

Both words in one sentence

  • Bears Are Bad News In Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, the two lead kids get menaced by a polar bear (or at least a man in a laughably awful polar bear costume).
  • Bears Are Bad News Parodied with a bear wandering around Springfield, not even getting angry once, but causing enough of a panic to lead to an extensive (and costly) bear watch program.
  • Bear Hug His cousins, when talking about doing something nice for him, decide that he mustn't ever know, as that would lead to a bear hug.
    Source: Bear Hug
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