crave

Speech parts

1. crave - Noun

2. crave - Verb

Meaning

To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.

To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.

To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

seek hunger lust thirst starve solicit implore beseech beg entreat supplicate miss lech hank jones
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Antonyms

dole command answer respond naming reject
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Hypernyms

want desire pray implore beg

Phrases with the word

crave for to crave

Derivatives

craved craving

Anagrams

carve varec caver RAVEC

Examples

But he, that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. Anne Brontë

We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation. Art Garfunkel

I love coming home to Melbourne. The first thing I do is have a coffee. It's just so much better here than anywhere else. It's better than in Italy and I travel a lot. I crave it. Curtis Stone

What the eye can't see, the heart won't crave. American Proverb

The bachelors crave to get married, and the married ones regret they got married. Kashmir Proverb

The bachelors crave it, and the married ones regret it. Kashmir Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Cravath cravating cravatted crave for craveable craved