Cases of word usage

1) (to make) a loud confused noise or shout, especially of people complaining angrily or making a demand (clamour)

2) a supply in excess of demand (glut)

3) to steal (a child) (especially in order to demand payment for her or his return) (kidnap)

4) to return (waste land etc) to a useful condition, a state of cultivation; to reform (a person); to demand that (something) be given back (reclaim)

5) to need (the usual word); to demand (something); insist on (something) as a right or by authority (require)

6) the condition of being stretched; the force used; something that tests one's mental strength; a great demand on one's strength etc (strain)

7) a final demand (as a threat or warning) (ultimatum)