Lack

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To be in want.

II. Lack ·interj Exclamation of regret or surprise.

III. Lack ·noun Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

IV. Lack ·vt To Blame; to find fault with.

V. Lack ·noun Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.

VI. Lack ·vt To be without or destitute of; to Want; to Need.

VII. Lack ·vi To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, ·etc.