Wand vs. Want

Wandnoun

A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.

Wandnoun

(by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.

Wandnoun

A magic wand.

Wandnoun

A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.

Wandnoun

A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.

Wandverb

(transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.

Wandnoun

A small stick; a rod; a verge.

Wandnoun

A staff of authority.

Wandnoun

A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.

Wandnoun

a baton used by a magician or water diviner

Wandnoun

a ceremonial or emblematic staff

Wand

A wand is a thin, light-weight rod that is held with one hand, and is traditionally made of wood, but may also be made of other materials, such as metal or plastic. Long versions of wands are often styled in forms of staves or sceptres, which could have large ornamentation on the top.

Wantverb

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

Wantverb

To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.

Wantverb

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

Wantverb

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

Wantverb

To lack and (be able to) do without.

Wantverb

(transitive) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.

Wantverb

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

Wantverb

To be lacking or deficient or absent.

Wantverb

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

Wantverb

To be advised to do something should, ought}}.

Wantnoun

(countable) A desire, wish, longing.

Wantnoun

}} Lack, absence.

Wantnoun

(uncountable) Poverty.

Wantnoun

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

Wantnoun

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

Wantnoun

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.

Wantnoun

Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.

Wantnoun

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.

Wantnoun

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

Wantverb

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.

Wantverb

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.

Wantverb

To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.

Wantverb

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.

Wantverb

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

Wantnoun

a state of extreme poverty

Wantnoun

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;

Wantnoun

anything that is necessary but lacking;

Wantnoun

a specific feeling of desire;

Wantverb

feel or have a desire for; want strongly;

Wantverb

have need of;

Wantverb

wish or demand the presence of;

Wantverb

hunt or look for; want for a particular reason;

Wantverb

be without, lack; be deficient in;

Wantverb

have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for

Wantverb

wish to speak to (someone)

Wantverb

(of a suspected criminal) be sought by the police for questioning

Wantverb

desire (someone) sexually

Wantverb

desire to be in or out of a particular place or situation

Wantverb

should or need to do something

Wantverb

(of a thing) require to be attended to in a specified way

Wantverb

lack something desirable or essential

Wantverb

(chiefly used in expressions of time) lack or be short of (a specified amount or thing)

Wantnoun

a lack or deficiency of something

Wantnoun

the state of being poor and in need of essentials; poverty

Wantnoun

a desire for something

Want

The idea of want can be examined from many perspectives. In secular societies want might be considered similar to the emotion desire, which can be studied scientifically through the disciplines of psychology or sociology.