Bear and Shore

Bear

Bear verb - To hold up or serve as a foundation for.
Usage example: the wooden bridge will only bear one truck at a time

Shore and bear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shore" instead a verb "Bear".

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

Shore

Shore verb - Serve as a shore to.

Bear and shore are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bear" instead a verb "Shore".

Both words in one sentence

  • She's saved by Bruno the bear before she drowns, but is used as a literal chew toy once he reaches the shore.
  • Comic Strip / Sherman's Lagoon Up on shore, there's a polar bear named Thornton who hibernates down on the beach.
  • The Juggernaut He walks through trees and mountains chest-first, does the same to rivers (submerging on one shore and stepping out on the other) and is merely annoyed by stepping in a bear trap, he rips it off with his own teeth and continues on unharmed.
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