intransitive. To long, pine for; to hanker after; to crave. Also transitive (U.S.): to long to do something. In later use English regional (west mid…

intransitive. = languish, v. (in various senses).

intransitive. To yearn; to languish with desire, to hunger for something; to long eagerly. With for, after, or infinitive.

to eat one's (own) heart: to suffer from silent grief or vexation. Also in Biblical phrase, to eat one's own flesh: said of an indolent person.

To pine with yearning; to long eagerly.

colloquial. intransitive. To daydream; to indulge in sentimental reverie; to gaze adoringly; to behave as if besotted.