Wants 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. To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand. (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with. To desire (to experience desire); to wish. (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought). (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun). (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need. To be lacking or deficient or absent. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. To lack and be without, to not have (something). (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.