Want : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Want	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Want
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
want n a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want, deprivation, neediness] the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" Synonym(s): lack, deficiency, want anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants" Synonym(s): need, want a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire" Synonym(s): wish, wishing, want v feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" Synonym(s): desire, want have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" Synonym(s): want, need, require hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you" wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!" be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Want \Want\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wanting}.] 1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing. They that want honesty, want anything. --Beau. & Fl. Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. --Milton. The unhappy never want enemies. --Richardson. 2. To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes. 3. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave. [bd] What wants my son?[b8] --Addison. I want to speak to you about something. --A. Trollope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wa'n't \Wa'n't\ A colloquial contraction of was not.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Want \Want\ (277), n. [Originally an adj., from Icel. vant, neuter of vanr lacking, deficient. [root]139. See {Wane}, v. i.] 1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing. And me, his parent, would full soon devour For want of other prey. --Milton. From having wishes in consequence of our wants, we often feel wants in consequence of our wishes. --Rambler. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and more saucy. --Franklin. 2. Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need. Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want. --Swift. 3. 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. Habitual superfluities become actual wants. --Paley. 4. (Mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. [Eng.] Syn: Indigence; deficiency; defect; destitution; lack; failure; dearth; scarceness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Want \Want\, v. i. [Icel. vanta to be wanting. See {Want} to lack.] 1. 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; as, it wants ten minutes of four. The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life. --Dryden. 2. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. You have a gift, sir (thank your education), Will never let you want. --B. Jonson. For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swelled with wind. --Pope. Note: Want was formerly used impersonally with an indirect object. [bd]Him wanted audience.[b8] --Chaucer.