Meaning of CRAVE
| Pronunciation: | | kreyv
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- [v] plead or ask for earnestly
- [v] have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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| | Synonyms: | | hunger, lust, starve, thirst |
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| | See Also: | | beg, desire, implore, pray, want | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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\, v. i.
To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a
craving appetite.
Once one may crave for love. --Suckling.
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