Lexic.us

Definition of Lack

1. Verb. Be without. "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

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

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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