The meaning of Urge

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

The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint.

Usage examples:

The payment was made under compulsion

noun

A powerful desire for something.

Usage examples:

A craving for chocolate

verb

Feel a powerful desire for (something).

Usage examples:

If only she had shown her daughter the love she craved

noun

A strong or uncontrollable desire

Usage examples:

We had a craving for zucchini bread.

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

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 …

noun

A sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act.

Usage examples:

I had an almost irresistible impulse to giggle

An impelling force or strength

noun

A sudden, strong desire to do something

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] i had this impulse to dye my hair red., [ u ] i bought this expensive sweater o…

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

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

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