Definition of: want

(wont, wônt) v.t.
1. To feel a desire or wish for.
2. To wish; desire: used with the infinitive: Your friends want to help you.
3. To be deficient in; lack; be without.
4. To be lacking to the extent of: He wants three inches of six feet.
5. Brit. To need; require.
—v.i.
6. To have need: usually with for.
7. To be needy or destitute.
8. Rare To be lacking or absent.
—noun
1. Lack or absence of something; scarcity; shortage.
2. Privation; indigence; destitution; need.
3. Something that is lacking or needed; a need.
4. A conscious or felt need of something; a craving. [Prob. <ON vanta be lacking]
—want′er noun Synonyms (noun): absence, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, lack, necessity, need, privation, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity. See NECESSITY, POVERTY. Antonyms: abundance, affluence, fullness, luxury, plenty, wealth.