| Want |
v. i. |
The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing. |
| Want |
v. i. |
Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need. |
| Want |
v. i. |
That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure. |
| Want |
v. i. |
A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. |
| Want |
v. t. |
To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing. |
| Want |
v. t. |
To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes. |
| Want |
v. t. |
To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave. |
| Want |
v. i. |
To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack;
often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four. |
| Want |
v. i. |
To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. |
| Wantage |
n. |
That which is wanting; deficiency. |
| Wanted |
imp. & p. p. |
of Want |
| Wanting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Want |
| Wanting |
a. |
Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion. |
| Wantless |
a. |
Having no want; abundant; fruitful. |
| Wanton |
v. t. |
Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. |
| Wanton |
v. t. |
Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. |
| Wanton |
v. t. |
Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous. |
| Wanton |
v. t. |
Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief. |
| Wanton |
n. |
A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler;
used rarely as a term of endearment. |
| Wanton |
n. |
One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet. |
| Wanton |
n. |
A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman. |
| Wanton |
v. i. |
To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. |
| Wanton |
v. i. |
To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously. |
| Wanton |
v. t. |
To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. |
| Wantoned |
imp. & p. p. |
of Wanton |
| Wantoning |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Wanton |
| Wantonize |
v. i. |
To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton. |
| Wantonly |
adv. |
In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously. |
| Wantonly |
adv. |
Unintentionally; accidentally. |
| Wantonness |
n. |
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. |
| Wantrust |
n. |
Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust. |
| Wantwit |
n. |
One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool. |
| Wanty |
n. |
A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope. |
