WANTING

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

Example: "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.

Example: "Danish police want him for embezzlement."

To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

Example: "You can leave if you want."

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

Example: "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).

Example: "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.

Example: "There was something wanting in the play."

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

Example: "The paupers desperately want."

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

Example: "She wanted anything she needed."

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