want

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To have a strong feeling to have (something); wish (to possess or do something); desire greatly: synonym: desire.
• intransitive verb To desire (someone to do something).
• intransitive verb To request the presence or assistance of.
• intransitive verb To seek with intent to capture.
• intransitive verb To have an inclination toward; like.
• intransitive verb Informal To be obliged (to do something).
• intransitive verb To be in need of; require.
• intransitive verb To be without; lack.
• intransitive verb To be inclined or desirous; wish.
• noun The condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary.
• noun Pressing need; destitution.
• noun Something desired.
• noun A defect of character; a fault.

from The Century Dictionary.

• Lacking; deficient.
• 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.
• noun The mole or moldwarp.
• noun Lack; deficiency; scarcity; dearth, or absence of what is needed or desired: as, want of thought; want of money.
• noun A vacant part, place, or space; a vacancy.
• noun That which is lacking, but needed; the vacancy caused by the absence of some need ful, important, or desirable thing.
• noun The state of being without means; poverty; penury; indigence.
• noun A time of need.
• noun That which cannot be dispensed with; a necessity.
• noun In coal-mining, same as nip, 8.
• noun Synonyms Insufficiency, scantiness, dearth, default, failure.
• noun Requirement, de sideratum.
• noun Need, Indigence, etc. (see poverty), dis tress, straits.
• noun A glove.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack
• transitive verb To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need.
• transitive verb To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
• noun The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack
• noun Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
• noun 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.
• noun (Mining), engraving A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
• intransitive verb 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.