The meaning of Craving

noun

A continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body.

Usage examples:

The ache in her head worsened

verb

Suffer from a continuous dull pain.

Usage examples:

My legs ached from the previous day's exercise

noun

The fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity.

Usage examples:

He committed the offence to finance his drug addiction

noun

The need or strong desire to do or to have something, or a very strong liking for something

Usage examples:

[ u ] his addiction began with prescription drugs., [ c ] i have an addiction to mystery stories., …

An inability to stop doing or using something, especially something harmful

Usage examples:

Drug addiction, his addiction to alcohol, for people with ocd, cleaning can become an addiction.

verb

Point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target.

Usage examples:

Aim the camcorder at some suitable object

noun

A purpose or intention; a desired outcome.

Usage examples:

Our primary aim is to achieve financial discipline

abbreviation

Alternative investment market (a subsidiary market of the london stock exchange that allows small companies to be traded without the expense of a full market listing).

noun

A natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food.

Usage examples:

He has a healthy appetite

noun

A desire or need for something, esp. food

Usage examples:

A good/healthy appetite, an appetite for adventure

noun

A hope or ambition of achieving something.

Usage examples:

The needs and aspirations of the people

A cherished desire

adjective

On fire.

Usage examples:

A burning building

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

noun

An urge to do something inadvisable.

Usage examples:

The serial killer was unable to control his desire to maim; he had a cacoethes for hurting innocent…

noun

A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.

Usage examples:

He resisted public desires for choice in education

verb

Strongly wish for or want (something).

Usage examples:

He never achieved the status he so desired

noun

A strong feeling of wanting something, or something you want

Usage examples:

[ u ] he claims to have no desire for wealth., [ c ] she expressed a desire to speak with her attor…

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

Usage examples:

This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

noun

(in soccer, rugby, hockey, and some other games) a pair of posts linked by a crossbar and typically with a net between, forming a space into or over which the ball has to be sent in order to score.

Usage examples:

Mr foxley said there were still some problems with organising the event including installing a set …

noun

Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.

Usage examples:

Mercenaries who had allowed greed to overtake their principles

noun

Insatiable desire for wealth

noun

A strong desire to continually get more of something, esp. money

Usage examples:

He was motivated by pure greed., he was greedy for power.

phrasal verb

To have a strong wish for something, especially if you cannot or should not have it

Usage examples:

What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?, even after all these years, i still hanker…

noun

A strong desire to have or do something.

Usage examples:

A hankering for family life

verb

Feel a strong desire for or to do something.

Usage examples:

He hankered after a lost golden age

noun

A strong wish

Usage examples:

Have a hankering for don't you ever have a hankering for a different lifestyle?

noun

A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.

Usage examples:

She was faint with hunger

verb

Have a strong desire or craving for.

Usage examples:

He hungered for a sense of self-worth

noun

The uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach caused by the need for or lack of food

Usage examples:

Mother teresa devoted her life to fighting hunger in the poorest parts of the world., a hunger for …

verb

Have a strong desire or craving for.

Usage examples:

He hungered for a sense of self-worth

noun

A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.

Usage examples:

She was faint with hunger

noun

The uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach caused by the need for or lack of food

Usage examples:

Mother teresa devoted her life to fighting hunger in the poorest parts of the world., a hunger for …

noun

An uncomfortable sensation on the skin that causes a desire to scratch.

Usage examples:

But shortly after ben began eating his lunch, his child-care provider noticed he seemed to be tryin…

verb

Be the site of or cause an itch.

Usage examples:

The bite itched like crazy

verb

To have an uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to rub it with something hard

Usage examples:

My insect bites are itching., i have an itch on the back of my neck., [ + to infinitive ] he has an…

noun

A yearning desire.

Usage examples:

Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days

adjective

Having or showing a yearning desire.

Usage examples:

Her longing eyes

verb

Have a strong wish or desire.

Usage examples:

She longed for a little more excitement

noun

Strong sexual desire.

Usage examples:

He knew that his lust for her had returned

verb

Have strong sexual desire for someone.

Usage examples:

He really lusted after me in those days

verb

Require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable.

Usage examples:

I need help now

noun

Circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity.

Usage examples:

The basic human need for food

verb

Suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart.

Usage examples:

She thinks i am pining away from love

noun

An evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.

Usage examples:

Hollyhock landed in a low branch of a pine tree, and dangled there as she tried to find a way to ge…

noun

A pineapple.

verb

Attempt to find (something).

Usage examples:

They came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds

noun

A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.

Usage examples:

They quenched their thirst with spring water

verb

Have a strong desire for something.

Usage examples:

An opponent thirsting for revenge

noun

The need or desire to drink something, esp. water

Usage examples:

He took a long drink of water to quench his thirst., she slaked her thirst for knowledge by reading…

verb

Try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

He urged her to come and stay with us

noun

A strong desire or impulse.

Usage examples:

He felt the urge to giggle

verb

To encourage someone strongly to do something or to ask that something be done

Usage examples:

Party leaders urged her to run for congress., a human/natural urge, sometimes i get an urge to go s…

verb

Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.

Usage examples:

I want an apple

noun

A lack or deficiency of something.

Usage examples:

Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

verb

Feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen.

Usage examples:

We wished for peace

noun

A desire or hope for something to happen.

Usage examples:

The union has reiterated its wish for an agreement

noun

A feeling of intense longing for something.

Usage examples:

He felt a yearning for the mountains

adjective

Involving or expressing yearning.

Usage examples:

A yearning hope

verb

Have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.

Usage examples:

She yearned for a glimpse of him

noun

The basic monetary unit of japan.

Usage examples:

Whether it be for the lure of dollars or yen, or the start of a coaching career back in france rema…

verb

Feel a longing or yearning.

Usage examples:

It's no use yenning for the old simplicities