| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
| Synonyms: | aspire to, begrudge, choose, crave, desiderate, envy, fancy, hanker for, have eye on, have hots for, itch for, long for, lust after, spoil for, thirst for, want, wish for, yearn for, yen for |
| Antonyms: | abjure, be generous, give, not want |
| Main Entry: | need |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want something |
| Synonyms: | be deficient, be deprived, be down and out, be hard up, be in need of, be in want, be inadequate, be needy, be poor, be short, be without, call for, claim, covet, crave, demand, desire, die for, do without, drive for, exact, feel a dearth of, feel the necessity for, feel the pinch, go hungry, hanker, have occasion for, have occasion to, have use for, hunger, hurt for, lack, long, lust, miss, necessitate, pine, require, suffer privation, thirst, wish, yearn, yen for |
| Notes: | knead means to make into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands or manually manipulate someone's body usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; a need (noun) is something required or wanted - need (verb) means to require or have a need of |
| Antonyms: | do not want, have |
| Main Entry: | pine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | long for |
| Synonyms: | ache, agonize, brood, carry a torch, covet, crave, desire, dream, fret, grieve, hanker, languish for, lust after, mope, mourn, sigh, spoil for, thirst for, want, wish, yearn, yen for |
| Notes: | pine, fir, and spruce are quite different from each other - though they are all conifers; pine has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves and spruce is a type of fir; the only scientific difference between a spruce and a fir is that spruces have rectangular needles while firs have flat needle-shaped leaves |
| Antonyms: | despise, dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | need |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
absorbing, called for, crying, destitute, equinecessary, essential, exigent, imperative, in demand, in request, in want of, indispensable, inopious, instant, necessary, needful, prerequisite, pressing, required, requisite, urgent
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