crave

English

Etymology

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: krāv, IPA^(key): /kɹeɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪv

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Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

   to crave for peace

   to crave after wealth

   to crave drugs

2. (transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.

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

   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice‎^[1], act IV scene i:

     My deeds upon my head! I crave the law,
     The penalty and forfeit of my bond.

   • c. 1603-04, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure‎^[2], act II scene ii:

     I crave your honour's pardon.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 15:43:

     Joseph […] went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.
   • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     It is the bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves wary walking

Derived terms

• craving
• cravingly
• cravingness

Translations

to want strongly

• Arabic: اِشْتَهَى (ištahā)

  Hijazi Arabic: اشتهى (aštaha)

• Bulgarian: жадувам (bg) (žaduvam), копнея (bg) (kopneja)
• Burmese: မက် (my) (mak)
• Catalan: ansiar (valencià), anhelar (ca), delejar (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏉᏍᎦ (asquosga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 渴望 (zh) (kěwàng), 熱望／热望 (zh) (rèwàng)

• Crimean Tatar: tamşanmaq
• Czech: žadonit (cs) impf, dychtit impf, toužit po impf
• Dutch: verlangen (nl)
• Esperanto: deziregi
• Finnish: haluta kovasti, himoita (fi)
• French: souhaiter (fr), désirer (fr)
• Galician: arelar (gl), degorar (gl), devecer (gl)
• German: sich sehnen (de), begehren (de)
• Hebrew: הִשְׁתּוֹקֵק (he) (hishtoqéq)
• Hungarian: vágyik (hu), vágyódik (hu), sóvárog (hu)
• Italian: bramare (it), desiderare (it)
• Japanese: 切望する (ja) (setsubō suru)
• Latin: dēsīderō, avēo
• Latvian: alkt, kārot
• Lithuanian: geisti (lt), trokšti
• Maori: warawara, kaimomotu, kumama (referring to food especially by pregnant women), kohekohe (for food), matainaina, matainaina, pīrangi
• Middle English: craven
• Persian: هوس کردن (havas kardan)
• Polish: pożądać (pl) impf, pragnąć (pl) impf
• Portuguese: ansiar (pt)
• Romanian: dori (ro), jindui (ro)
• Russian: жажда́ть (ru) (žaždátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: žudjeti (sh)
• Spanish: anhelar (es), ansiar (es)
• Swedish: sukta efter
• Turkish: can atmak (tr), çok istemek

to ask earnestly

• Catalan: implorar (ca)
• French: implorer (fr)
• Galician: pianchar, croiñar, deprecar, pedichar
• German: erbitten (de), erflehen (de)
• Japanese: 懇願する (ja) (kongan suru)
• Middle English: craven
• Old Norse: krefja
• Polish: błagać (pl) impf
• Romanian: implora (ro)
• Spanish: implorar (es)

Noun

crave (plural craves)

1. (Scots law) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, s. v. “*krabēn-” and “*krēbi-”.

Anagrams

• Caver, carve, caver, varec

Middle English

Verb

crave

1. Alternative form of craven

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾa.vi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾa.vi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾa.ve/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾa.vɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾa.vɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾa.bɨ/ [ˈkɾa.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: cra‧ve
• Rhymes: -avi, -avɨ

Verb

crave

1. inflection of cravar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Etymology

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian, from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾɔːv/

Verb

crave

1. to beg
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 4-5:

     crave na dicke luckie acte t'uck neicher th' Eccellencie,

     beg leave at this favourable opportunity to approach your Excellency,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114