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Adjective: needed  nee-did
  1. Necessary for relief or supply
    "provided them with all things needed";
    - needful, required, requisite
Verb: need  need
  1. Must previously have happened or existed, happen or be in place during (in order for stated thing to be happening or be the case)
    "This job needs a lot of patience and skill";
    - necessitate, ask, postulate, require, take, involve, call for, demand
     
  2. Have a requirement for
    "This piano needs the attention of a competent tuner";
    - want, require
     
  3. Have or feel a need for
    "always needing friends and money"

Sounds like: kne

See also: necessary

Type of: be

Encyclopedia: Need, Stephen