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crave

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/kɹeɪv/

Definition of crave

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
    “to crave for peace”
    “to crave after wealth”
    “to crave drugs”
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
    “to crave for peace”
    “to crave after wealth”
    “to crave drugs”
  2. (archaic, literary, transitive)To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority.
    “I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.”
    “My deeds upon my head! I crave the law, The penalty and forfeit of my bond.”
    “I crave your honour's pardon.”
    “Joseph […] went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.”
  3. (obsolete, transitive)To call for; to require as a course of action.
    “It is the bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves wary walking”

noun

  1. A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”).

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