craving
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ
Etymology 1
From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing.
Translations
strong desire; yearning
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Etymology 2
From crave.
Further reading
- craving in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- craving in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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