crave

English

Etymology

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *krabōnan (“to shrink, contract, be stiff, be firm”), from Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook, strength, force”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to crave, ask, demand, require”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”), Swedish kräva (“to demand, require”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Icelandic krafa (“a demand, requirement”). Related to craft, grape.

Pronunciation

• enPR: krāv, IPA: /kreɪv/, X-SAMPA: /kreIv/
• Rhymes: -eɪv

Verb

crave (third-person singular simple present craves, present participle craving, simple past and past participle craved)

1. (transitive) To want strongly as to satisfy an appetite. To long for, to yearn.

   I know I should diet more, but every afternoon I crave a soda so I have one.

2. (transitive) Ask earnestly.

   I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.

Translations

to want strongly

• Bulgarian: жадувам (bg) (žaduvam), копнея (bg) (kopneja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 渴望 (cmn) (kěwàng), 熱望 (cmn), 热望 (cmn) (rèwàng)

• Crimean Tatar: tamşanmaq
• Dutch: een sterk verlangen hebben (nl)
• Esperanto: deziregi (eo)
• Finnish: haluta kovasti, himoita
• French: souhaiter (fr), désirer (fr)
• German: sich sehnen (de)

• Hungarian: vágyik (hu), vágyódik (hu), sóvárog (hu)
• Italian: desiderare (it)
• Japanese: 懇願する (ja), 切望する (ja)
• Latin: dēsīderō (la)
• Russian: жаждать (ru) (žaždát’)
• Serbo-Croatian: žudjeti (sh)
• Spanish: anhelar (es), ansiar (es)
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: can atmak (tr), çok istemek (tr)

Derived terms

• craving

Anagrams

• carve
• caver

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Portuguese

Verb

crave

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cravar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of cravar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cravar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cravar