want
wont
- n a state of extreme poverty
- n the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
for want of a nail the shoe was lost - n anything that is necessary but lacking
I tried to supply his wants - n a specific feeling of desire
- v feel or have a desire for; want strongly
I want to go home now
I want my own room - v have need of
This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner - v hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI
Uncle Sam wants you - v wish or demand the presence of
I want you here at noon! - v be without, lack; be deficient in
want courtesy
want the strength to go on living
flood victims wanting food and shelter
- They don't want to be like the characters in Gossip Girl (only 16% of whose viewers are actually teen girls) or America's Next Top Model; they just want to look like them, to try .
- The soon-to-debut new anchor of NBC's Today show talks about morning viewers, working moms who want to have it all and how The View has become a joke.
- I want to punch the wine bully in the face," he says.