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| protest |
a formal action of a group of people who want something to be changed or who are against something that is planned to happen. [1/4 definitions] |
| scavenger |
an animal that finds and eats dead animals or rotting plants; a person who finds things that others no longer want. |
| stuck |
unable to be rid of something that one does not want (usu. fol. by "with"). [1/5 definitions] |
| tempt |
to cause (someone) to strongly want to do something. [1/3 definitions] |
| thermostat |
a device that automatically controls the temperature within a particular space after a person sets it for the temperature they want. Thermostats may be found in places like houses, apartments, office buildings, cars, and refrigerators. |
| wanna |
contraction of "want to" used in some types of writing to reflect how the two words are often pronounced together in rapid, informal speech. |
| wish |
to long for; desire; want. [2/6 definitions] |
| wonder |
to want to know or be curious about. [1/4 definitions] |
| would like |
used as polite form of "want" or when the possibility of doing what one wants is not considered likely or certain. |
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