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crave
[kreyv] 
verb, craved, crav⋅ing.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly: to crave sweets; to crave affection. |
| 2. | to require; need: a problem craving prompt attention. |
| 3. | to ask earnestly for (something); beg for. |
| 4. | to ask (a person) earnestly for something or to do something. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to beg or plead (usually fol. by for). |
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME craven, OE crafian; akin to ON krefja to demand, lay claim to
bef. 1000; ME craven, OE crafian; akin to ON krefja to demand, lay claim to
Related forms:
craver, noun
Synonyms:
1. yearn for, hunger for.
1. yearn for, hunger for.
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| crave (krāv) v. craved, crav·ing, craves v. tr.
To have an eager or intense desire. [Middle English craven, from Old English crafian, to beg.] crav'er n., crav'ing·ly adv. |
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Crave
Crave\ (kr[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craved (kr[=a]vd); p pr. & vb. n. Craving.] [AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.]1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore. I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak. Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. --Mark xv. 43. 2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food. His path is one that eminently craves weary walking. --Edmund Gurney. Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit; request; supplicate; adjure.Crave
Crave\, v. i. To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite. Once one may crave for love. --Suckling.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : crave
Spanish:
implorar, suplicar,
German:
flehen,
Japanese:
こん願する
crave
O.E. crafian "demand by right," from N.Gmc. *krabojan, perhaps related to craft. Current sense "to long for" is c.1400, probably through intermediate meaning "to ask very earnestly" (c.1300).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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