What is the meaning of want?

noun

• A state of extreme poverty.
  • synonyms: privation, deprivation, neediness
• The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
  • usage: "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
  • synonyms: lack, deficiency
• Anything that is necessary but lacking.
  • usage: "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
  • synonyms: need
• A specific feeling of desire.
  • usage: "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire"
  • synonyms: wish, wishing

verb

• Feel or have a desire for; want strongly.
  • usage: "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
  • synonyms: desire
• Have need of.
  • usage: "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
  • synonyms: need, require
• Hunt or look for; want for a particular reason.
  • usage: "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
• Wish or demand the presence of.
  • usage: "I want you here at noon"
• Be without, lack; be deficient in.
  • usage: "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"