want

1. (noun) A desire, wish, longing. 2. (noun) (often followed by of) Lack, absence. 3. (noun) Poverty. 4. (noun) Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt. 5. (noun) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. 6. (verb) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand. 7. (verb) (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with. 8. (verb) To desire (to experience desire); to wish. 9. (verb) (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought). 10. (verb) (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun). 11. (verb) (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need. 12. (verb) To be lacking or deficient or absent. 13. (verb) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. 14. (verb) To lack and be without, to not have (something). 15. (verb) (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.