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crave
[ kreyv ]
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 ).
crave
/ kreɪv /
verb
- whenintr, foll by for or after to desire intensely; long (for)
- tr to need greatly or urgently
- tr to beg or plead for
Derived Forms
- ˈcraver, noun
Other Words From
- craver noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of crave1
Word History and Origins
Origin of crave1
Example Sentences
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.
These areas have already been linked in other experiments to the sensation of “wanting” or “craving” something.
We’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.
Maybe it’s a sign of my advancing age, or maybe I just crave a bit of structure in a hectic world full of uncertainty.
Politicians 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.
The 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!
Some offend because they crave popularity or want to do what their friends are doing.
As I have great sorrows, I will confide in you; dreadful disappointment, for which I will crave a smile.
She added with the same low, soothing melody in her voice that his ear had learned to crave, And I, too—I love you.
We are remote, and can speake but seldom, and therefore crave leave to speake the more at once.
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