crave
verb /kreɪv/
/kreɪv/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they crave | /kreɪv/ /kreɪv/ |
| he / she / it craves | /kreɪvz/ /kreɪvz/ |
| past simple craved | /kreɪvd/ /kreɪvd/ |
| past participle craved | /kreɪvd/ /kreɪvd/ |
| -ing form craving | /ˈkreɪvɪŋ/ /ˈkreɪvɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to have a very strong desire for something synonym long for
- crave (for) something She has always craved excitement.
- to crave alcohol/drugs/sweet food/carbohydrates/cigarettes/coffee
- crave to do something They craved to return to their homeland.
- [transitive] crave something (British English, old use) to ask for something seriously
- I must crave your pardon.
Word OriginOld English crafian (in the sense ‘demand, claim as a right’), of Germanic origin; related to Swedish kräva, Danish kræve ‘demand’. The current sense dates from late Middle English.