[Sửa]Desire, crave, wish (for), long for, pine for, hope (for),fancy, covet, hanker after, lust after, hunger for or after,thirst for or after, yearn for, Colloq have a yen for: I wantyou near me. Ignore his crying - he just wants some ice-cream.Maybe he's crying because he wants to go. 2 need, lack, miss,require, call for, demand, be deficient in, be or stand in wantor in need of, necessitate; be or fall short of: This enginewants proper maintenance. The bottle wants only a few more dropsto fill it.
[Sửa]Need, lack, shortage, deficiency, dearth, scarcity,scarceness, insufficiency, scantiness, inadequacy, paucity: Forwant of good writers, the literary quarterly diminished in sizeand finally disappeared. 4 appetite, hunger, thirst, craving,desire, fancy, wish, longing, yearning, hankering, demand,necessity, requirement, requisite, prerequisite, Colloq yen:She gave up trying to satisfy his wants.
[Sửa]Poverty, need,indigence, homelessness, destitution, privation, pauperism,penury, neediness, impecuniousness: The civilized nations aretrying to solve the problems of want, which seem to increasedaily.
[Sửa]Tr. a (often foll. by to + infin.) desire;wish for possession of; need (wants a toy train; wants it doneimmediately; wanted to leave; wanted him to leave). b need ordesire (a person, esp. sexually). c esp. Brit. require to beattended to in esp. a specified way (the garden wants weeding).d (foll. by to + infin.) colloq. ought; should; need (you wantto pull yourself together; you don't want to overdo it).
[Sửa]Intr. (usu. foll. by for) lack; be deficient (wants fornothing).
[Sửa]Tr. be without or fall short by (esp. a specifiedamount or thing) (the drawer wants a handle).
[Sửa]Intr. (foll. byin, out) esp. US colloq. desire to be in, out, etc. (wants inon the deal).
[Sửa]Tr. (as wanted adj.) (of a suspected criminaletc.) sought by the police.
[Sửa](often foll. by of) a alack, absence, or deficiency (could not go for want of time;shows great want of judgement). b poverty; need (living ingreat want; in want of necessities).
[Sửa]A a desire for a thingetc. (meets a long-felt want). b a thing so desired (can supplyyour wants).
[Sửa]Wanter n. [ME f. ON vant neut. of vanr lacking = OE wana,formed as WANE]