Definition of Lack

1. Noun. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. "For want of a nail the shoe was lost"

Exact synonyms: Deficiency, Want
Specialized synonyms: Absence, Dearth, Famine, Shortage, Deficit, Mineral Deficiency, Shortness, Stringency, Tightness
Generic synonyms: Demand, Need
Derivative terms: Deficient, Want, Want

2. Verb. Be without. "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
Exact synonyms: Miss
Specialized synonyms: Want, Exclude
Antonyms: Have

Definition of Lack

1. n. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

2. v. t. To blame; to find fault with.

3. v. i. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.

4. interj. Exclamation of regret or surprise.

Definition of Lack

1. Noun. (obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy. ¹

2. Noun. A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To be without, to need, to require. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To be short (''of'' or ''for'' something). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lack

1. to be without [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Lack

1. 1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. 2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food. "She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood." (Chaucer) "Let his lack of years be no impediment." (Shak) Origin: OE. Lak; cf. D. Lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. Lahan, AS. Lean. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lack

lacinesses
lacing
lacings
lacinia
laciniae
laciniae tubae
laciniate
laciniate ligament
laciniated
laciniation
laciniations
laciniolate
lacinula
lacinulae
lacis cell
lack (current term)
lack-lustre
lackadaisical
lackadaisically
lackadaisicalness
lackadaisy
lackaday
lackbrain
lackbrains
lacke
lacked
lacker
lackered
lackering
lackers

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