Definitions for lack
læklack

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. lack, deficiency, wantverb

   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"

2. miss, lackverb

   be without

   "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. lacknoun

   A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.

2. lacknoun

   A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.

3. lackverb

   To be without, to need, to require.

   My life lacks excitement.

4. lackverb

   To be short (of or for something).

   He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.

5. Etymology: Apparently cognate with Middle Low German lak, Middle Dutch lac (> modern lak).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lacknoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Want; need; failure.

   In the scripture there neither wanteth any thing, the lack whereof might deprive us of life. Richard Hooker, b. i. p. 41.

   Many that are not mad
   Have sure more lack of reason. William Shakespeare, Meas. for Meas.

   He was not able to keep that place three days, for lack of victuals. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

   The trenchant blade, toledo trusty,
   For want of fighting was grown rusty,
   And eat into itself, for lack
   Of somebody to hew and hack. Hudibras, p. i. c. 1.

   2. Lack, whether noun or verb, is now almost obsolete.

2. To LACKverb

   To want; to need; to be without.

   Etymology: laecken, to lessen, Dutch.

   Every good and holy desire, though it lack the form, hath notwithstanding in itself the substance, and with him the force of prayer, who regardeth the very moanings, groans, and sighs of the heart. Richard Hooker, b. v. l. 348.

   A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness; thou shalt not lack any thing in it. Deut. viii. 9.

   One day we hope thou shalt bring back,
   Dear Bolingbroke, the justice that we lack. Daniel.

   Intreat they may; authority they lack. Daniel.

3. To Lackverb

   1. To be in want.

   The lions do lack and suffer hunger. Common Prayer.

   2. To be wanting.

   Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? Gen. viii. 28.

   There was nothing lacking to them: David recovered all. 1 Sam. xxx. 19.

   That which was lacking on your part, they have supplied. 1 Cor. xvi. 17.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lacknoun

   blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense

2. Lacknoun

   deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food

3. Lackverb

   to blame; to find fault with

4. Lackverb

   to be without or destitute of; to want; to need

5. Lackverb

   to be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc

6. Lackverb

   to be in want

7. Lack

   exclamation of regret or surprise

8. Etymology: [OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS. len.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lack

   Lack is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 114 people.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lack

   lak, v.t. and v.i. to want: to be in want: to be destitute of: to miss.—n. want: destitution.—ns. Lack′-all, one who is destitute; Lack′-brain (Shak.), a fool.—adjs. Lack′-lin′en (Shak.), wanting linen; Lack′-lus′tre, wanting brightness.—n. a want of brightness. [From an old Low Ger. root found in Dut. lak, blemish; cf. Ice. lakr, defective.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lackadverb

   I have a bottle of Lack from 175 years ago from Hungary or Finland!! You don't have that one.

   
   

   Submitted by stuartschiell56 on June 27, 2021  

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1. LACK

   What does LACK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LACK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LACK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lack is ranked #11778 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lack surname appeared 2,661 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Lack.
   
   91% or 2,422 total occurrences were White.
   4.1% or 110 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 44 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.4% or 39 total occurrences were Black.
   1% or 27 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.7% or 19 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lack' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1100

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lack' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2319

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lack' in Nouns Frequency: #512

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lack' in Verbs Frequency: #434

Anagrams for lack »

1. calk

How to pronounce lack?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say lack in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lack in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of lack in a Sentence

1. Monica Roa:

   In a crisis like the Zika outbreak, the lack of sexual education is exposed, health ministries should inform rather than recommend.

2. Severin Meiland:

   Are you a male tired of using your right hand because of lack of sexual partners? Use the left hand.

3. Phillip Futures:

   With dealing desks having to close their books, traders going on holidays and a lack of key economic news from around the globe, we do not expect much volatility from now till January 2015.

4. Anthony Neste/Getty Images:

   I don’t remember us being worried he was going to die, but it became a real problem with shooting the show, it became a lack of respect for the other actors as well, so there were sort of problems that bubbled up.

5. Alexis Hiniker:

   Even adults' interactions with smart speakers are superficial, thin and lack most of the hallmarks of person-to-person conversation, typically, developing children pick up language rapidly in the first few years of life. But this doesn't just happen because children are good at learning this skill ; it also happens because adults are very good at teaching it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lack
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lack
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lack
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lack
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lack
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=lack
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html