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v. To desire greatly; wish for: They want to leave. She wants a glass of water. See Synonyms at desire.

v. To desire (someone to do something): I want you to clean your room.

v. To request the presence or assistance of: You are wanted by your office.

v. To seek with intent to capture: The fugitive is wanted by the police.

v. To have an inclination toward; like: Say what you want, but be tactful.

v. Informal To be obliged (to do something): You want to be careful on the ice.

v. To be without; lack. See Synonyms at lack.

v. To be in need of; require: "'Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter” ( Lewis Carroll).

verb-intransitive. To have need: wants for nothing.

verb-intransitive. To be destitute or needy.

verb-intransitive. To be disposed; wish: Call me daily if you want.

n. The condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary: stayed home for want of anything better to do.

n. Pressing need; destitution: lives in want.

n. Something desired: a person of few wants and needs.

n. A defect of character; a fault.

phrasal-verb. want in Slang To desire greatly to enter: The dog wants in.

phrasal-verb. want in Slang To wish to join a project, business, or other undertaking.

phrasal-verb. want out Slang To desire greatly to leave: The cat wants out.

phrasal-verb. want out Slang To wish to leave a project, a business, or other undertaking.

n. A desire, wish, longing.

n. Lack, absence.

n. Poverty.

n. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack

n. Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.

n. That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.

n. A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

v. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack

v. To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need.

v. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.

verb-intransitive. To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of.

verb-intransitive. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

Lacking; deficient.

n. Lack; deficiency; scarcity; dearth, or absence of what is needed or desired: as, want of thought; want of money.

n. A vacant part, place, or space; a vacancy.

n. That which is lacking, but needed; the vacancy caused by the absence of some need ful, important, or desirable thing.

n. The state of being without means; poverty; penury; indigence.

n. A time of need.

n. That which cannot be dispensed with; a necessity.

n. In coal-mining, same as nip, 8.

n. Synonyms Insufficiency, scantiness, dearth, default, failure.

n. Requirement, de sideratum.

n. Need, Indigence, etc. (see poverty), dis tress, straits.

To be without; be destitute of; lack: as, to want knowledge or judgment; to want food, clothing, or money.

To be deficient in; fall short in; be lack ing in respect of, or to the amount of.

To do without; dispense with; spare.

To have occasion for, as something requi site, useful, or proper; require; need.

To feel a desire for; feel the need of; wish or long for; desire; crave.

To desire to see, speak to, or do business with; desire the presence or assistance of; de sire or require to do something: as, you are the very man we want; call me if I am wanted; the general wanted him to capture the battery.

To be lacking, deficient, or absent.

To fail; give out; fall short.

To be in need; suffer from lack of some thing.

n. The mole or moldwarp.

n. A glove.

n. a specific feeling of desire

v. feel or have a desire for; want strongly

n. anything that is necessary but lacking

v. wish or demand the presence of

n. a state of extreme poverty

n. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

v. be without, lack; be deficient in

v. hunt or look for; want for a particular reason

v. have need of

"I want Atlantis to *want* something, to be about something, to have something to say to me."

wanted    wanting    wants   

requisite    requirement    essential    necessary    necessity    demand    poorness    poverty    impoverishment    lack   

want of con sideration   

lust after    fancy    wish    envy    lech after    long    hanker    crave    lust    care   

want ad   

failure    deficiency    indigence    destitution    defect    dearth    lack    scarceness    poverty    penury   

Labonte    Vermont    aunt    avant    commandant    conte    croissant    daunt    debutante    detente   

lack    need    advantage    weakness    habit    degree    consequence    quality    loss    virtue