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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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crave

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb crave has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

cravev. t. [AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefja, Sw. kr, Dan. kr.].
  •  To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.  [1913 Webster]
    "I crave your honor's pardon."  [1913 Webster]
    "Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.  [1913 Webster]
    "His path is one that eminently craves weary walking."
Syn. -- To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit; request; supplicate; adjure.
cravev. i. 
     To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.  [1913 Webster]
    "Once one may crave for love."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

crave, v.
1 tr. a long for (craved affection). b beg for (craves a blessing).
2 intr. (foll. by for) long for; beg for (craved for comfort).

Derivative
craver n.
Etymology
OE crafian, rel. to ON krefja

THESAURUS

crave

ache, adjure, appeal, appeal to, apply for, ask, ask for, aspire after, beg, beg leave, beseech, bespeak, brace, call for, call for help, call on, call upon, choose, clamor for, conjure, covet, crave after, crawl after, cry for, cry on, cry to, demand, desiderate, desire, dream, entreat, file for, hanker, hanker after, hunger, hunger after, impetrate, implore, importune, imprecate, indent, invoke, kneel to, lust, lust after, make a request, make a requisition, make application, necessitate, obtest, order, pant after, pine, plead, plead for, pray, put in for, request, require, requisition, run mad after, run to, sigh, supplicate, take, thirst, thirst after, want, whistle for, wish

ROGET THESAURUS

crave

Request

VB request, ask, beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask, beg leave, beg a boon, apply to, call to, put to, call upon, call for, make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition, make application, make a requisition, ask trouble, ask one for, claim, offer up prayers, whistle for, beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore, conjure, adjure, obtest, cry to, kneel to, appeal to, invoke, evoke, impetrate, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for, cry aloud, cry for help, fall on one's knees, throw oneself at the feet of, come down on one's marrowbones, beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging, mendicate, mump, cadge, beg one's bread, dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door, bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court, seek, bid for, publish the banns.

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