Collins English-English Dictionary

want [wɑnt]

1. 1. vt. [tr] to feel a need or longing for

   I want a new hat

2. 2. vt. [when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive] to wish, need, or desire (something or to do something)

   he wants to go home

3. 3. vi. [intr; usually used with a negative and often foll by for] to be lacking or deficient (in something necessary or desirable)

   the child wants for nothing

4. 4. vt. [tr] to feel the absence of

   lying on the ground makes me want my bed

5. 5. vt. [tr] to fall short by (a specified amount)

6. 6. vt. [tr] [chiefly Brit] to have need of or require (doing or being something)

   your shoes want cleaning

7. 7. vi. [intr] to be destitute

8. 8. vt. [tr; often passive] to seek or request the presence of

   you're wanted upstairs

9. 9. vi. [intr] to be absent

10. 10. vt. [tr; takes an infinitive] [informal] should or ought (to do something)

    you don't want to go out so late

11. 11. n the act or an instance of wanting

12. 12. n anything that is needed, desired, or lacked

    to supply someone's wants

13. 13. n a lack, shortage, or absence

    for want of common sense

14. 14. n the state of being in need; destitution

    the state should help those in want

15. 15. n a sense of lack; craving

16. 16. n [Etymology] C12 (vb, in the sense: it is lacking), C13 (n): from Old Norse vanta to be deficient; related to Old English wanian to wane

want [wɑnt]

1. 1. n [English] [dialect] a mole

2. 2. n [Etymology] Old English wand