Word Meaning

need definition and meaning

p. p., fem. Born; -- a term sometimes used in introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as, Madame de Stael, nee Necker.
n. A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
n. Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
n. That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.
n. Situation of need; peril; danger.
n. To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
v. i. To be wanted; to be necessary.
adv. Of necessity. See Needs.

Crossword clues for need

- Born
- Born as
- Born as part of gene experiment
- Born in Melbourne enclave
- Born in the Pyrenees
- Born into genuine excess
- Formerly known as
- Formerly known as “One-Eyed”, even!
- Formerly known as Nellie, not Lil
- Formerly known as odd niece
- Formerly named
- Formerly named in hard-line evidence
- Indicating maiden name
- Known before marriage as Renee, mostly
- Maiden name indicator
- Maiden name sounds jointed
- Named before marriage
- Niece, oddly enough, indicates her maiden name
- Not even niece indicates maiden title
- Originally called
- Originally named
- surnames connector
- Was formerly involved in routine enquiry
- Was known as a Yankee without a yak?
- Demand
- Extreme poverty
- Give attention to
- Goaded, led away, as a requirement
- meagreness
- Must have insert from June edition
- Necessity
- Require
- Require previously named five hundred
- Requirement
- Shortage
- Want