intransitive. To suffer the extremity of want of food; to be intensely hungry. Const. for.

absol.; also transitive = gape after. Obsolete.

intransitive. to gasp for (also †after) To be desperate to obtain, do, or consume; to crave. Cf. gape, v. 4, gag, v.1 additions. Now colloquial…

intransitive. To gasp after or for (air, water, etc.), esp. in to pant for breath. Frequently figurative: to long or wish with breathless eagerness…

intransitive. To feel desire welling up eagerly within oneself; to be keen to do something. Of an animal: to exhibit high spirits; to be frisky…