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'want' - used as a noun
1. a state of extreme poverty
2. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
for want of a nail the shoe was lost
3. anything that is necessary but lacking
I tried to supply his wants
4. a specific feeling of desire

'want' - used as a verb
5. feel or have a desire for; want strongly
I want to go home now
I want my own room
6. have need of
This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
7. wish or demand the presence of
I want you here at noon!
8. hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI
Uncle Sam wants you
9. be without, lack; be deficient in
want courtesy
want the strength to go on living
flood victims wanting food and shelter

derived forms
1. Want / Plural
wants
2. Want / Past
wanted
3. Want / Third Person
wants
4. Want / Present Participle
wanting
Variations of 'want'
 
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We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave. - Click here to find out.
Fact of the day
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."