Crave
[kreyv] /kreɪv/
verb (used with object), craved, craving.
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), craved, craving.
5.
to beg or plead (usually followed by for).
/kreɪv/
verb
1.
when intr, foll by for or after. to desire intensely; long (for)
2.
(transitive) to need greatly or urgently
3.
(transitive) to beg or plead for
v.
Old English crafian “ask, implore, demand by right,” from North Germanic *krabojan (cf. Old Norse krefja “to demand,” Danish kræve, Swedish kräva); perhaps related to craft in its base sense of “power.” Current sense “to long for” is c.1400, probably through intermediate meaning “to ask very earnestly” (c.1300). Related: Craved; craving.
Read Also:
- Craveability
[krey-vuh-buh l] /ˈkreɪ və bəl/ adjective 1. (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- Craveable
[krey-vuh-buh l] /ˈkreɪ və bəl/ adjective 1. (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- Craven
[krey-vuh n] /ˈkreɪ vən/ adjective 1. cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous. noun 2. a coward. verb (used with object) 3. to make cowardly. Idioms 4. cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up. /ˈkreɪvən/ adjective 1. cowardly; mean-spirited noun 2. a coward adj. early 13c., cravant, perhaps from Old French crevante “defeated,” past participle of cravanter “to […]
- Cravenness
[krey-vuh n] /ˈkreɪ vən/ adjective 1. cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous. noun 2. a coward. verb (used with object) 3. to make cowardly. Idioms 4. cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up. /ˈkreɪvən/ adjective 1. cowardly; mean-spirited noun 2. a coward adj. early 13c., cravant, perhaps from Old French crevante “defeated,” past participle of cravanter “to […]
- Craves
[kreyv] /kreɪv/ verb (used with object), craved, craving. 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), […]