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noun

great or eager desire; yearning.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see crave, -ing¹

Related forms

crav·ing·ly, adverb

crav·ing·ness, noun

un·crav·ing, adjective

un·crav·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms
See desire.

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The new research tells us that our vulnerability to a craving for chocolate is at opposite ends of the spectrum.

No wonder audiences emerge from his welling operas bushed and craving a smoke.

Their reception reflects a rarely satisfied national craving for sporting success.

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The new research tells us that our vulnerability to a craving for chocolate is at opposite ends of the spectrum.

No wonder audiences emerge from his welling operas bushed and craving a smoke.

Their reception reflects a rarely satisfied national craving for sporting success.

Logging time in any port may cause a serious craving for seafood.

Scientists have identified a gene that plays a crucial role in controlling heroin craving and relapse behavior in rodents.

Dolloped with an equally simple fruit topping, it completely satisfies my craving.

But mankind's craving for puzzles goes far deeper than the ego.

After nearly six months of abstinence, he found himself inexplicably craving cocaine on the way home from work.

It is always craving new and more tasty morsels-which may not be the best, or truest, things for anyone's digestion.

Poles' craving for unity and competence is understandable.

It nuzzles our headlamps oddly, as if craving light, then reaches for our offering of apples and water.

The intensity of the craving remodels those pleasure circuits, causing desire to outpace pleasure.

Broussard was already unhappy with the results and was craving better technology.

Mentor knows that she is not alone in craving rightly placed capital letters.

If you crave sugar, only sugar will satisfy the craving.

Satisfying your craving for chocolate is easy, no matter where you are in the world.

Now new studies in rats show that it also blocks a craving for alcohol.

And what better way to fill that craving than with a protein-rich square of salty, pink pork.

Scholars have been craving better access to the digital collection collection.

Moreover, he has the habit of craving entry to every club and cabal he can find.

It's perfect for those who are craving for a good, exciting read.

Several new remedies, however, promise to make this daily choice easier by lessening an addict's actual craving for alcohol.

Some victims also experience a sudden craving for human flesh.

But a few hours drive will bring you to a big city with whatever you are craving.

If the underlying sources of the craving are not addressed, it will continue.

Other side effects will include unnatural strength, a peculiar garlic allergy, and a strong craving for only liquid nourishment.

If you're craving a little straight-up action in a handsome package, give the game a look.

To those voters who are hooked on public works, the letdown may only stoke a craving for even more.

Such craving for a better life in tune with nature is not impossible.

The hotheaded leaders and followers have been craving for their respective shares.

They are mostly deeply isolated and craving the notoriety that the act will bring upon them.

The craving for cheap wines may be surging, but merely cheap is no bargain.

European grandees quickly developed a craving for this elegant, exotic material.

And already a new generation is developing a craving for its.

The craving for a turbocharged adrenaline rush becomes.

T's men's fashion director is craving the finer things in life this holiday season.

The desperation of infertile or bereaved couples is as all consuming as any craving for dope.

In fact, the professor goes on, there is a sort of catch-22 at the heart of the modern craving for caffeine.

They're expensive, but have a lot of fiber and really curb that carb craving.

Japan's craving for such fare incites relentless fishing-and concerns about dwindling bluefin stocks.

The tantalizing tidbits that came out of the sequencing prize have each of the researchers craving more.

The great migrations of former ages were born of a craving for change and plunder and war, and ended in conquest and bloodshed.

Addiction is an insatiable drive to use a drug because of the pleasure it affords and the side effects of craving that pleasure.

Summer may be over according to the calendar, but a craving for something cold and sweet never disappears entirely.

Their fascination and craving for big and bigger bombs never ceases.

Taking away all these will precipitate both withdrawal and craving.

Normally, the images would spark an irresistible craving for the drug.

So how to satisfy that craving for comfort that is particularly acute if one is not.

Smokeless tobacco, the kind users put between cheek and gum, is one way to satisfy a craving for nicotine without offensive smoke.

Gold understands why the city might inspire a craving for jobs with more tangible fruits.

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verb (used with object)

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.

verb (used without object)

to beg or plead (usually followed by for).

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English craven, Old English crafian; akin to Old Norse krefja to demand, lay claim to

Related forms

crav·er, noun

Synonyms
1. yearn for, hunger for.

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World English Dictionary

craving (ˈkreɪvɪŋ)

—n
	an intense desire or longing

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Word Origin & History

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).

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"The great object in life is Sensation—to feel that we exist, even though in pain; it is this "craving void" which drives us to gaming, to battle, to travel, to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment."

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