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Craving

//ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A strong desire; yearning.

    "[W]e contrived to satisfy the cravings of thirst by suffering the shirts to become saturated, and then wringing them so as to let the grateful fluid trickle into our mouths."

  2. 2
    an intense desire for some particular thing wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of crave form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing.

Etymology 2

From crave.

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