3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crave \Crave\ (kr[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craved}
(kr[=a]vd); p pr & vb n. {Craving}.] [AS. crafian akin to
Icel. krefja Sw kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.]
1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with
submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to
implore.
I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak.
Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved
the body of Jesus. --Mark xv 43.
2. To call for as a gratification; to long for hence to
require or demand; as the stomach craves food.
His path is one that eminently craves weary walking.
--Edmund
Gurney.
Syn: To ask seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit;
request; supplicate; adjure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Craving \Crav"ing\ (-?ng), n.
Vehement or urgent desire; longing for beseeching.
A succession of cravings and satiety. --L'Estrange.
-- {Crav"ing*ly}, adv -- {Crav"ing*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
craving
n : an intense desire for some particular thing
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