Crave

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  • intransitive verb. To have an intense desire for. synonym: desire.
  • intransitive verb. To beg earnestly for.
  • intransitive verb. To have an intense desire for something
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To ask with earnestness or importunity; beseech; implore; ask with submission or humility, as a dependant; beg or entreat for.
  • To long for or eagerly desire, as a means of gratification; require or demand, in order to satisfy appetite or passion.
  • To demand a debt; dun: as, I craved him wherever I met him.
  • Synonyms Ask, Request, Beg, etc. (see ask), to yearn for, desire; to pray for.
  • To ask earnestly; beg; sue; plead: with for.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing.
  • transitive verb. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.
  • transitive verb. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To want strongly as to satisfy an appetite. To long for, to yearn.
  • verb. Ask earnestly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. plead or ask for earnestly
  • verb. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
  • Word Usage
    "People were able to receive instant messages at times of need by texting the word "crave" or "lapse"."
    Form
    craving  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beg  desire  implore  pray  want  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dave  Wave  aftershave  behave  brave  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ache  adjure  adjure  appeal  appeal to  
    verb-form
    craved  craves  craving