to crave
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3.8
- verb
- /kreɪv/
:
desear
- After a long day at work, I often crave a delicious slice of chocolate cake.
- crave hands-on experience
- crave opportunities
- people crave
And and so we start to crave sensation.
- And and so we start to crave sensation.
- The growth mindset does not crave or desire an outcome.
- The less certain we find ourselves, the more we crave certainty and control.
- They crave love, they crave adventure, they crave power, but not equally.
- But I don't say that I crave it less than I did before.
- So say you crave this candy bar like a Snickers.
- And sometimes I'll still crave like a burger.
- Like looking back, like were you craving numbness?
- And a lot of men are craving that partnership with a woman.
- So you have that guarantee that so many people crave, but it's an illusion.
- Every human being wants and craves someone to guide them, to lead them.
- You wake up, you're fresh, you're rested, don't crave caffeine, don't crave sugar.
- What a man deeply craves is support in his ambition.
Examples
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Only I can give you the control you crave.
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In our digital, virtual age, I think we crave that human contact more than ever.
Academic text (2005) -
And on the other hand, I really crave peace.
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Why we crave what we crave and what to do about it.
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We make the mistake of saying that we crave peace in an area of war.
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The less certain we find ourselves, the more we crave certainty and control.
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Just as a child wants his father to be firm, troops crave discipline.
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Every human being wants and craves someone to guide them, to lead them.
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This is what I've been craving ever since we got here.
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Middle grade students crave a change of pace and place that alters the conventional pattern.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
92
4.9
To want something very much when you cannot have it
68
4.3
To want something very much because you do not have it
39
6.7
To want something very much, especially something someone else has
30
6.3
To want something very strongly, often something forbidden
11
3.9
To want something very much, often food or success
8
5.2
To have a strong wish for something
5
7.4
To want something very much for a long time
3
6.2
To want something very strongly, especially power or fame
To want someone or something very much
To have a strong desire for something you want a lot
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crave comes from old words that meant 'to beg' or 'to demand'. So, to crave something is to want it very strongly, almost like asking for it urgently.