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n.
need
1) to fill, meet, satisfy a ~
2) to minister to smb.'s ~s
3) for ~ of (to die for ~ of medical care)
4) in ~ of (in ~ of a job)
poverty
5) in ~ (to live in ~)
II
v.
1) to ~ badly, desperately, very much (they ~ed very badly to see us)
2) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to be in need of') (they will never ~ for anything)
3) ( D ; tr. ) ('to seek') to ~ for (he is ~ed for murder in three states)
4) ( D ; tr. ) ('to desire') to ~ for (we ~ you for our team)
5) ( E ) ('to desire') I ~ to help
6) ( BE ) ( G ) ('to be in need of') your shirts ~ mending; the house ~s painting; her hair ~s cutting
7) ( H ; no passive) ('to desire') they ~ us to finish the job in two weeks
8) ( colloq. ) ( J ) I ~ them singing in tune!
9) ( colloq. ) ( M ) ('to desire') I ~ them to be kept busy at all times
10) ( N ; used with an adjective, past participle) ('to desire') we ~ the troublemakers removed; I ~ them ready in one hour; she ~s the house painted tomorrow