crave
to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly: to crave sweets; to crave affection.
to require; need: a problem craving prompt attention.
to ask earnestly for (something); beg for.
to ask (a person) earnestly for something or to do something.
to beg or plead (usually followed by for).
Origin of crave
1Other words for crave
1 | yearn for, hunger for |
Other words from crave
- craver, noun
Words Nearby crave
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How to use crave in a sentence
Clue’s cycle analysis starts to get at the macro-level insights I crave and provides the data points to start piecing together the puzzle.
Everything You Need to Know About Period Tracking | Christine Yu | September 6, 2020 | Outside OnlineThese areas have already been linked in other experiments to the sensation of “wanting” or “craving” something.
Why do you feel lonely? Neuroscience is starting to find answers. | Amy Nordrum | September 4, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewWe’ve been craving the experience of standing outside, enjoying the sweet scent of charcoal smoke mixed with pine trees, holding a beer in one hand and tongs in the other, and that slightly charred flavor you can only get from cooking over fire.
5 Portable Grills for All Your Outdoor Cooking Needs | Amy Marturana Winderl | September 2, 2020 | Outside OnlineMaybe it’s a sign of my advancing age, or maybe I just crave a bit of structure in a hectic world full of uncertainty.
The Matador SEG42 Offers Unrivaled Gear Organization | Graham Averill | August 25, 2020 | Outside OnlinePoliticians and parties still crave these narratives, though, especially when they lose.
White Southerners crave an innocent past, a personal distance from the sins of their ancestors.
Its only failure was that it lacked the right kind of losing-it drama Oscar night watchers crave.
The mad tend to crave it, many of the sane crave it, but the wise worry about its long-term side effects.
David Mitchell’s ‘The Bone Clocks’ Is Fun But Mostly Empty Calories | William O’Connor | September 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe irony in it all is that our bodies need, if not crave, Vitamin D—and more than a chewable tablet.
But no matter that difference, we crave to own and co-opt, rather than necessarily understand, it.
Yet to crave forgiveness would be to confess—to tell all I know—the whole awful truth!
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxSome offend because they crave popularity or want to do what their friends are doing.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.As I have great sorrows, I will confide in you; dreadful disappointment, for which I will crave a smile.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasShe added with the same low, soothing melody in her voice that his ear had learned to crave, And I, too—I love you.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonWe are remote, and can speake but seldom, and therefore crave leave to speake the more at once.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton Ryerson
British Dictionary definitions for crave
/ (kreɪv) /
(when intr, foll by for or after) to desire intensely; long (for)
(tr) to need greatly or urgently
(tr) to beg or plead for
Origin of crave
1Derived forms of crave
- craver, noun
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