needing
verb
Definitions
To have an absolute requirement for.
Example: Living things need water to survive.
To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
Example: After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
(modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
Example: You need not go if you don't want to.
To be required; to be necessary.
noun
Definitions
A need.