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lack lack definition

lack


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  lack 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  lack 
 
  Sense  1 
  miss,  lack 
  =>  want  lack 
  =>  exclude 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  lack 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  lack 
 
  Sense  1 
  miss,  lack 
  =>  want  lack 
  =>  exclude 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  lack 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  lack 
 
  2  senses  of  lack 
 
  Sense  1 
  miss,  lack 
 
  Sense  2 
  want  lack 
  =>  miss,  lack 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  lack 
 
  lack  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  lack 
 
  Sense  1 
  miss,  lack 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  want  lack 
  =>  miss,  lack 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  lack 
  black 
  bootblack 
  carbon  black 
  clack 
  click-clack 
  clickety-clack 
  coal  black 
  flack 
  ivory  black 
  jet  black 
  joseph  black 
  lack 
  lackey 
  lampblack 
  pitch  black 
  platinum  black 
  polack 
  pollack 
  shirley  temple  black 
  shoe  black 
  shoeblack 
  slack 
  soot  black 
  sydney  pollack 
  welsh  black 
 
  Overview  of  noun  lack 
 
  The  noun  lack  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (42)  lack,  deficiency,  want  --  (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") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  lack 
 
  The  verb  lack  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (31)  miss,  lack  --  (be  without  "This  soup  lacks  salt";  "There  is  something  missing  in  my  jewellery  box!") 
  2.  (1)  want  lack  --  (be  without  lack;  be  deficient  in  "want  courtesy";  "want  the  strength  to  go  on  living";  "flood  victims  wanting  food  and  shelter") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  lack 
  antiblack 
  black 
  blue-black 
  coal-black 
  ink-black 
  inky-black 
  jet-black 
  lackadaisical 
  lacking 
  lackluster 
  lacklustre 
  pitch-black 
  slack 
 
  Overview  of  noun  lack 
 
  The  noun  lack  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (42)  lack,  deficiency,  want  --  (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") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  lack 
 
  The  verb  lack  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (31)  miss,  lack  --  (be  without  "This  soup  lacks  salt";  "There  is  something  missing  in  my  jewellery  box!") 
  2.  (1)  want  lack  --  (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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