Meaning

• A desire, wish, longing.

• (often followed by of) Lack, absence.

• Poverty.

• Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.

• A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

Meaning

• To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.

  "What do you want to eat?  I want you to leave.  I never wanted to go back to live with my mother."

• (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.

  "Danish police want him for embezzlement."

• To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

  "You can leave if you want."

• (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).

  "You’ll want to repeat this three or four times to get the best result."

• (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).

  "That chair wants fixing."

• (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.

• To be lacking or deficient or absent.

  "There was something wanting in the play."

• To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

  "The paupers desperately want."

• To lack and be without, to not have (something).

  "She wanted anything she needed."

• (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.