Bear and Want

Bear

Bear verb - To have as a requirement.
Usage example: the violence in that country bears watching if the world wants to avoid a serious international conflict

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

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

Want

Want verb - To have as a requirement.
Usage example: that stray cat wants food and a clean place to sleep

Bear and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bear" instead a verb "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

power bear power want power
life bear life want life
kind bear kind want kind
idea bear idea want idea
Other words: sex, children, name, relationship, number, time, child, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • 20 Bear Asses Turns out only pristine bear asses will do, even when the woodsman just wants twenty bears dead and doesn't actually want to make anything out of the bear asses.
    Source: 20 Bear Asses
  • Video Game / Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Morgane still has a (much-abused) teddy bear given to her as a child, but she wouldn't want to be seen following this trope.
  • Disney / Brother Bear Kenai is still new to being a bear, and not fully grown, and since he was originally human, doesn't really want to hurt Atka.
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