want

transitive verb

1. to have too little of; be deficient in; lack
2. to be short by (a specified amount): it wants twelve minutes of midnight
3. to feel the need of; long for; crave: to want adventure
4. to desire; wish or long: followed by the infinitive: to want to travel
5. 1. to wish to see or speak with (someone): wanted on the phone
   2. to wish to apprehend, as for questioning or arrest: wanted by the police
6. Chiefly Brit. to require; need: this wants attending to

intransitive verb

1. to have a need or lack: usually with for: to want for money
2. to lack the necessities of life; be destitute or impoverished: “Waste not, want not”
3. Rare to be lacking or missing for completeness or a certain result: there wants but his approval

noun

1. the state or fact of lacking, or having too little of, something needed or desired; scarcity; shortage; lack: to suffer from want of adequate care
2. a lack of the necessities of life; poverty; destitution: to live in want
3. a wish or desire for something; craving
4. something needed or desired but lacking; need