crave : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crave	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for crave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crave v have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn: crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust] plead or ask for earnestly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crave \Crave\ (kr[amac]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craved} (kr[amac]vd); p pr. & vb. n. {Craving}.] [AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.] 1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore. I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak. Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. --Mark xv. 43. 2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food. His path is one that eminently craves weary walking. --Edmund Gurney. Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit; request; supplicate; adjure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crave \Crave\, v. i. To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite. Once one may crave for love. --Suckling.