Sekirov Dictionary

lack

/læk/

noun 2
verb 5
forms 6

noun2

•
the state of not having enough of something, or of not having it at all
- It is a question of money, or lack of same.
(no longer used) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.

verb5

•
To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
- My life lacks excitement.
•
To be short (of or for something).
- He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.
•
To be off one's guard.
- His opps caught him lacking.
•
(no longer used) To be in want.
- The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger […] — 1611
•
(no longer used) To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.
- That is Mede þe Mayde quod she · hath noyed me ful oft / And ylakked my lemman. — 1550

forms

lacked · lackt · lacking · lacketh · lacks · lackest

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