Definition of need

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Need (n.) A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
Needlefish :: Needlefish (n.) The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, / Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish..
Behavior :: Behavior (n.) Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle..
Needly :: Needly (adv.) Necessarily; of necessity.
Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
Ruck :: Ruck (v. t.) A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework..
Prevention :: Prevention (n.) Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought..
Aerobies :: Aerobies (n. pl.) Microorganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.
Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt..
Stylus :: Stylus (n.) The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.
Overanxious :: Overanxious (a.) Anxious in an excessive or needless degree.
Abscission :: Abscission (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more..
Cannulated :: Cannulated (a.) Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle..
Aciculite :: Aciculite (n.) Needle ore.
Declinometer :: Declinometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the declination of the magnetic needle.
Lodestone :: Lodestone (n.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.
Unnesessary :: Unnesessary (a.) Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless; needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor..
Want :: Want (v. t.) To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes..
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition..
Stitchel :: Stitch (v. i.) To practice stitching, or needlework..
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