yearn : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: yearn	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for yearn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yearn v desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long, yearn] have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" Synonym(s): ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish have affection for; feel tenderness for
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yearn \Yearn\, v. i. & t. [See {Yearnings}.] To curdle, as milk. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yearn \Yearn\, v. i. [OE. yernen, [yogh]ernen, [yogh]eornen, AS. geornian, gyrnan, fr. georn desirous, eager; akin to OS. gern desirous, girnean, gernean, to desire, D. gaarne gladly, willingly, G. gern, OHG. gerno, adv., gern, a., G. gier greed, OHG. gir[c6] greed, ger desirous, ger[omac]n to desire, G. begehren, Icel. girna to desire, gjarn eager, Goth. fa[a1]huga[a1]rns covetous, ga[a1]rnjan to desire, and perhaps to Gr. chai`rein to rejoice, be glad, Skr. hary to desire, to like. [root]33.] To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager. Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother; and he sought where to weep. --Gen. xliii. 30. Your mother's heart yearns towards you. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yearn \Yearn\ (y[etil]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yearned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yearning}.] [Also earn, ern; probably a corruption of OE. ermen to grieve, AS. ierman, yrman, or geierman, geyrman, fr. earm wretched, poor; akin to D. & G. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms. The y- in English is perhaps due to the AS. ge (see {Y-}).] To pain; to grieve; to vex. [Obs.] [bd]She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it.[b8] --Shak. It yearns me not if men my garments wear. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yearn \Yearn\, v. i. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. [Obs.] [bd]Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore.[b8] --Shak.