[wont, wawnt] 
| 1. | to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new. |
| 2. | to wish, need, crave, demand, or desire (often fol. by an infinitive): I want to see you. She wants to be notified. |
| 3. | to be without or be deficient in: to want judgment; to want knowledge. |
| 4. | to fall short by (a specified amount): The sum collected wants but a few dollars of the desired amount. |
| 5. | to require or need: The house wants painting. |
| 6. | to feel inclined; wish; like (often fol. by to): We can stay home if you want. |
| 7. | to be deficient by the absence of some part or thing, or to feel or have a need (sometimes fol. by for): He did not want for abilities. |
| 8. | to have need (usually fol. by for): If you want for anything, let him know. |
| 9. | to be in a state of destitution, need, or poverty: She would never allow her parents to want. |
| 10. | to be lacking or absent, as a part or thing necessary to completeness: All that wants is his signature. |
| 11. | something wanted or needed; necessity: My wants are few. |
| 12. | something desired, demanded, or required: a person of childish, capricious wants. |
| 13. | absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite; lack: plants dying for want of rain. |
| 14. | the state of being without something desired or needed; need: to be in want of an assistant. |
| 15. | the state of being without the necessaries of life; destitution; poverty: a country where want is virtually unknown. |
| 16. | a sense of lack or need of something: to feel a vague want. |
| 17. | want in or out, Chiefly Midland.
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