craving
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing.
Noun
editcraving (plural cravings)
Descendants
edit- Jamaican Creole: craven
Translations
editstrong desire; yearning
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Etymology 2
editFrom crave.
Verb
editcraving
- present participle and gerund of crave
Further reading
edit- “craving”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “craving”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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