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    need |n?d|
    verb [ with obj. ]
    1 require (something) because it is essential or very important: I need help now | [ with present participle ] : this shirt needs washing | [ with infinitive ] : they need to win tomorrow.
    • (not need something) not want to be subjected to something: I don't need your sarcasm.
    2 [ as modal verb with negative or in questions ] expressing necessity or obligation: need I say more? | I need not have worried.
    3 [ no obj. ] archaic be necessary: lest you, even more than needs, embitter our parting.
    noun
    1 circumstances in which something is necessary, or that require some course of action; necessity: the basic human need for food | [ with infinitive ] : there's no need to cry.
    2 (often needs) a thing that is wanted or required: his day-to-day needs.
    3 the state of requiring help, or of lacking basic necessities such as food: help us in our hour of need | children in need.
    PHRASES
    at need archaic when needed; in an emergency: men whose experience could be called upon at need.
    had need archaic ought to: you had need hire men to chip it all over artistically.
    have need of formal need: Alida had need of company.
    if need be if necessary.
    in need of requiring or needing (something): he was in desperate need of medical care.
    ORIGIN Old English n?odian (verb), n?od, n?d (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nood and German Not ‘danger.’

     What do you need?

    doolittle

    Well, now that you have asked... ;)
    Colleen

    Moderator
    Sorry, I'm fresh out :)
    doolittle

    Darn it!

    ""


    You knead this?

    Do you really "need" something, or just "want" something?

    I need to reconnect with my siblings. Now is the time.......

    yes what do u need ?



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