crave

1 have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn: hunger, thirst, starve, lust]

2 plead or ask for earnestly

English

Pronunciation

• krāv, /kreɪv/, /kreIv/

  Rhymes: -eɪv

Verb

1. To want strongly as to satisfy an appetite. To long for, to yearn.

Translations

• Crimean Tatar: tamşanmaq
• Croatian: žudjeti
• Finnish: haluta kovasti, himoita

Derived terms

• craving

Crave or craving may refer to:

• A food craving
• Crave (album), a 2002 album by Cyclefly
• Crave (play), a play by Sarah Kane
• Crave (band), an R&B musical group
• Crave Records, a record label
• Crave Entertainment, a video game developer

Crave or craving may also be:

• Taṇhā, a concept in Buddhism
• Jaimee Foxworth (born 1979), used the stage name Crave in adult films
• A blog and video podcast on CNET

See also

• The Craving

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