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lack (verb)

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  • lack — verb. The use with for meaning ‘to be short of something’ in negative contexts seems to have originated in the 19c: • If you are inclined to undertake the search, I have so provided that you will not lack for means Rider Haggard, 1887 • Here s… …   Modern English usage

  • lack — /læk / (say lak) noun 1. deficiency or absence of something requisite, desirable, or customary: lack of money; lack of skill. 2. something lacking or wanting: skilled labour was the chief lack. –verb (t) 3. to be deficient in, destitute of, or… …  

  • lack — I verb be bereft of, be deficient, be deprived of, be desirous, be destitute, be in need, be in want, be inadequate, be inferior, be insufficient, be needy, be poor, be wanting, be without, crave, desiderate, desire, fall short, feel a dearth,… …   Law dictionary

  • lack — Ⅰ. lack UK US /læk/ noun [S or U] ► a situation in which there is not enough of something, or something is not available: serious/severe lack of sth »Many of these communities are having to cope with a severe lack of resources. » Lack of time is… …   Financial and business terms

  • lack — ► NOUN ▪ the state of being without or not having enough of something. ► VERB (also lack for) ▪ be without or deficient in. ORIGIN perhaps partly from Low German lak deficiency , Dutch laken lack …   English terms dictionary

  • lack´er|er — lack|er «LAK uhr», noun, transitive verb. = lacquer. (Cf. ↑lacquer) –lack´er|er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • lack|er — «LAK uhr», noun, transitive verb. = lacquer. (Cf. ↑lacquer) –lack´er|er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • lack|ey — «LAK ee», noun, plural eys, adjective, verb, eyed, ey|ing. –n. 1. a male servant; footman: »The nobleman sent one of his lackeys ahead with a message. I saw a gay gilt chariot…the coachman with a new cockade, and the lackeys with insolence and… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lack — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ profound, serious, severe ▪ conspicuous, distinct, notable, noticeable, obvious, remarkable …   Collocations dictionary

  • Lack — Das Wort Lack wird in Redewendungen in zwei entgegengesetzten Weisen gebraucht, einmal als äußerlich gutes Aussehen, das andere Mal als schadhaftes Aussehen, etwa als Fleck usw., auch als Schande und Schmach; dazu kommt ein häufiger ambivalenter… …   Das Wörterbuch der Idiome

  • lack — lack1 W2S3 [læk] n [singular, U] when there is not enough of something, or none of it = ↑shortage lack of ▪ new parents suffering from lack of sleep ▪ Too many teachers are treated with a lack of respect. ▪ comments based on a total lack of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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