(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but, in a close manner, almost, but not quite; slightly short of

an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow

as a highly likely consequence, in such a manner as could not be otherwise, Of necessity; inevitably

absolutely essential, unavoidably determined by prior circumstances, Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requisite; essential, noun_ A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural, Anything that is necessary or indispensable; that which cannot be disregarded or omitted_ as, the necessaries of life, Something indispensable

The condition or quality of being necessary, Pressing or urgent need, especially that arising from poverty, Want of the means of living; lack of the means to live as becomes one's station or is one's habit

The part of an axle that passes through the hub of the wheel; also, a diminished part of any shaft resting in a hearing, The constricted part joining the knob to the breech of a gun, The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk, intransitive verb_ colloq. To kiss and caress amorously, intransitive verb_ To kiss and caress amorously, To strangle or decapitate (a fowl)

Something felt to resemble this neck ornament, as in shape, Any flexible ornament worn round the neck, us one of shells, coins, beads, or flowers, A band or tie for the neck, of lace, silk, or the like, worn by women, verb_ South Africa To informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck

A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved, The lack of something that is necessary or important; urgent want; necessity, A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want, adverb_ obsolete Of necessity. See needs, verb_ have or feel a need for, require as useful, just, or proper, have need of, transitive verb_ To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief, To have an absolute requirement for, intransitive verb_ To have an obligation (to do something), To be under the necessity of or the obligation to, To be subject (to an action) by obligation

necessary for relief or supply, Necessary; being needed, necessary. Opposite of unnecessary, verb_ Simple past tense and past participle of need

A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting, A sharp pinnacle of rock; a detached pointed rock, A small pointed instrument, straight or curved, for carrying a thread through a woven fabric, paper, leather, felt, or other material, intransitive verb_ To prick, pierce, or stitch with a needle, To sew or do similar work with a needle, Informal To goad, provoke, or tease