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verb
- 1. feel a powerful desire for (something): "if only she had shown her daughter the love she craved"
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CRAVE definition: 1. to have a very strong feeling of wanting something: 2. to have a very strong feeling of wanting…. Learn more.
The meaning of CRAVE is to ask for earnestly : beg, demand. How to use crave in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Crave.
3 meanings: 1. to desire intensely; long (for) 2. to need greatly or urgently 3. to beg or plead for.... Click for more definitions.
to have a very strong feeling of wanting something: crave attention Many young children crave attention. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Wanting things. ache for something. acquisitive. ambitious. ambitiously. angle for something.
Crave definition: to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly. See examples of CRAVE used in a sentence.
Definition of crave verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to long for; desire eagerly. 2. to require; need: a problem craving your prompt attention. 3. to ask earnestly for. v.i. 4. to beg or plead (usu. fol. by for ). [before 1000; Middle English; Old English crafian; akin to Old Norse krefja] crav′er, n.
To crave something is to have a great desire for it, as one might crave love, fame, or French fries. Crave is typically used in the context of emotional or physical desires rather than practical needs.
From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *krabōną (“to shrink, contract, be stiff, be firm”), from Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook, strength, force”).
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