Crossword clues for needing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Need \Need\ (n[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Needed; p. pr. & vb. n. Needing.] [See Need, n. Cf. AS. n[=y]dan to force, Goth. nau[thorn]jan.] To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
Other creatures all day long
Rove idle, unemployed, and less need rest.
--Milton.
Note: With another verb, need is used like an auxiliary,
generally in a negative sentence expressing requirement
or obligation, and in this use it undergoes no change
of termination in the third person singular of the
present tense. ``And the lender need not fear he shall
be injured.''
--Anacharsis (Trans. ).
Wiktionary
n. A need. vb. (present participle of need English)
Usage examples of "needing".
All wizards who suddenly find themselves needing to function in the Muggle world do it.
Hindered only by the noise from his shoe, he climbed the spiral steps with remarkable ease, no longer needing his cane.
She was right about needing to go, but she exhibited no shame or discomfiture whatsoever.
I can understand his need for many women but not the woman he favours needing another man.
They almost seem to be from different planets, speaking different languages and needing different nourishment.
Venusian, offering help is not offensive, and needing help is not a sign of weakness.
He can reflect and discover how he was probably offering solutions at a time when she was needing empathy and nurturing.
She is commonly afraid of needing too much and then being rejected, judged, or abandoned.
Hidden in the unconscious, this feeling of unworthiness generates the fear of needing others.
Without recognizing that men need to be trusted, it is difficult and confusing for women to understand the difference between needing and neediness.
Some men feel guilty needing to spend time in their caves or they may get confused when they start to pull away and then later spring back.
Whenever he is not needing to pull away, the wise man takes the time to initiate conversation by asking his female partner how she is feeling.
You are not wrong for needing space, and she is not wrong for wanting to be close.
In fact, not needing to ask is one of the ways they show their love for one another.
He reached for her shoulders and held her in place before him, barely needing to touch her, preventing her from leaving him immediately, so he could kiss her properly.