Definitions for lacklæk

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

lack^*læk(n.)

deficiency or absence of something needed or desirable:
lack of money; lack of skill.
something missing or wanted:
After he left, they really felt the lack.
(v.t.)to be without; have need of:
You lack common sense.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to fall short in respect of:
He lacks three votes to win.
(v.i.)to be absent or missing:
Nothing lacks but their full agreement.
to have a scarcity of something:
She will never lack for friends.

^* Syn: lack, want, need, require indicate the absence of something desirable, important, or necessary. lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage; to lack sufficient money.want stresses the urgency of fulfilling a desire or providing what is lacking: The room wants some final touch to make it homey.need suggests even more urgency, stressing the necessity of supplying something essential: to need an operation.require has a similar sense, although it is used in formal or serious contexts: The report requires some editing.

Origin of lack:

1125–75; ME lak; c. MLG lak, MD lac deficiency; akin to ON lakr deficient

Princeton's WordNet

lack, deficiency, want(verb)
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"
miss, lack(verb)
be without
"This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

lack(noun)ˈæk
a situation when there is not enough; = shortage
a lack of food; a lack of discipline
lack(verb)ˈæk
to not have enough or any of sth
The school lacks teaching materials.; He lacks a sense of humor.

Wiktionary

lack(Noun)
A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
lack(Noun)
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
lack(Verb)
To be without, to need, to require.
My life lacks excitement.
lack(Verb)
To be short (of or for something).
He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.

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

Webster Dictionary

Lack(noun)
blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense
Lack(noun)
deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food
Lack(verb)
to blame; to find fault with
Lack(verb)
to be without or destitute of; to want; to need
Lack(verb)
to be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc
Lack(verb)
to be in want
Lack
exclamation of regret or surprise