vi to be wanted; to be necessary.
2. need ·noun situation of need; peril; danger.
3. need ·adv of necessity. ·see needs.
4. need ·noun want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
5. need ·noun that which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (·pl) necessary things; business.
6. need ·noun a state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
7. need ·noun to be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.