Lack word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "lack" word

[noun] the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
[verb] be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"
[verb] be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"

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\Lack\, n. [OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS. le['a]n.] 1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food. She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood. --Chaucer. Let his lack of years be no impediment. --Shak.
\Lack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lacking}.] 1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.] Love them and lakke them not. --Piers Plowman. 2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. --James i. 5.
\Lack\, v. i. 1. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc. What hour now ? I think it lacks of twelve. --Shak. Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty. --Gen. xvii. 28. 2. To be in want. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. --Ps. xxxiv. 10.
\Lack\, interj. [Cf. {Alack}.] Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.] --Cowper.

Synonyms for lack

deficiency, miss, want

Antonyms: feature, have

Related terms: adulteration, bare cupboard, be insufficient, blank, break, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, fail, inadequateness, indigence, inexactness, lag, moneylessness, necessity, neediness, outage, require, sketchiness, subtraction, underage, wantage

The fun area, different aproach to word »lack«

Let's analyse "lack" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: KCAL. Average typing speed for these characters is 1135 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .-.. .- -.-. -.-

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: lack: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: lack: 3 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 9, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
K (1)	11	Justice	Charismatic, Quick, Leader, Bold
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive

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