1. (n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

2. (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.

3. (v. t.) To blame; to find fault with.

4. (v. t.) To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.

5. (v. i.) To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.

6. (v. i.) To be in want.

7. (interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise.