crave
pronunciation
How to pronounce crave in British English:
UK [kreɪv]
How to pronounce crave in American English:
US [kreɪv]
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- Verb:
- have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- plead or ask for earnestly
Word Origin
- crave
- crave: see craft
- crave (v.)
- Old English crafian "ask, implore, demand by right," from North Germanic *krabojan (cognates: Old Norse krefja "to demand," Danish kræve, Swedish kräva); perhaps related to craft in its base sense of "power." Current sense "to long for" is c. 1400, probably through intermediate meaning "to ask very earnestly" (c. 1300). Related: Craved; craving.
Example
- 1. Do you crave a life without financial constraints ?
- 2. It increased the nation 's cultural influence which china 's leaders crave .
- 3. Addicts always crave one more hit .
- 4. That 's all they crave really .
- 5. Or they simply crave professional interaction .