vverb.emotiondesire strongly or persistentlySynset:hanker long
Derivationally Related Form:yearnerlonginghankeringlongeryearning
Hypernyms:desire want
Inherited Hypernyms:hankerdesire
Direct Hyponyms:achelanguishpineyearnyen
Full Troponyms:achedie
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | They --- to move (apply to: hanker, long, yearn)
vverb.emotionhave a desire for something or someone who is not presentSynset:ache languish pine yen
Examples:- She ached for a cigarette
- I am pining for my lover
Derivationally Related Form:yearneryenyearningpining
Hypernyms:hanker long yearn
Inherited Hypernyms:achehankerdesire
Direct Hyponyms:die
Full Troponyms:die
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.emotionhave affection for; feel tenderness forHypernyms:care for cherish hold dear treasure
Inherited Hypernyms:yearncare forlove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody