"crave" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɹeɪv/ Audio: en-us-crave.ogg Forms: craves [plural]
enPR: krāv Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|craven}} Middle English craven, {{inh|en|ang|crafian|t=to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon}} Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*krafōn}} Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*krafjaną|t=to demand}} Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”), {{cog|da|kræve|t=to demand, require}} Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), {{cog|sv|kräva|t=to crave, demand}} Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), {{cog|is|krefja|t=to demand}} Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), {{cog|no|kreve|t=to demand}} Norwegian kreve (“to demand”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} crave (plural craves)
  1. (Scots law) A formal application to a court to make a particular order. Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-crave-en-noun-vLasNwQw

Verb

IPA: /kɹeɪv/ Audio: en-us-crave.ogg Forms: craves [present, singular, third-person], craving [participle, present], craved [participle, past], craved [past]
enPR: krāv Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|craven}} Middle English craven, {{inh|en|ang|crafian|t=to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon}} Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*krafōn}} Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*krafjaną|t=to demand}} Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”), {{cog|da|kræve|t=to demand, require}} Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), {{cog|sv|kräva|t=to crave, demand}} Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), {{cog|is|krefja|t=to demand}} Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), {{cog|no|kreve|t=to demand}} Norwegian kreve (“to demand”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} crave (third-person singular simple present craves, present participle craving, simple past and past participle craved)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to want strongly): اِشْتَهَى (ištahā) (Arabic), اشتهى (aštaha) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), жадувам (žaduvam) (Bulgarian), копнея (kopneja) (Bulgarian), မက် (mak) (Burmese), ansiar (valencià) (Catalan), anhelar (Catalan), delejar (Catalan), ᎠᏍᏉᏍᎦ (asquosga) (Cherokee), 渴望 (kěwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 熱望 (Chinese Mandarin), 热望 (rèwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), tamşanmaq (Crimean Tatar), žadonit [imperfective] (Czech), dychtit [imperfective] (Czech), toužit po [imperfective] (Czech), verlangen (Dutch), deziregi (Esperanto), haluta kovasti (Finnish), himoita (Finnish), souhaiter (French), désirer (French), arelar (Galician), degorar (Galician), devecer (Galician), sich sehnen (German), begehren (German), הִשְׁתּוֹקֵק (hishtoqéq) (Hebrew), vágyik (Hungarian), vágyódik (Hungarian), sóvárog (Hungarian), bramare (Italian), desiderare (Italian), 切望する (setsubō suru) (Japanese), dēsīderō (Latin), avēo (Latin), alkt (Latvian), kārot (Latvian), geisti (Lithuanian), trokšti (Lithuanian), warawara (Maori), kaimomotu (Maori), kumama (note: referring to food especially by pregnant women) (Maori), kohekohe (note: for food) (Maori), matainaina (Maori), pīrangi (Maori), craven (Middle English), هوس کردن (havas kardan) (Persian), pożądać [imperfective] (Polish), pragnąć [imperfective] (Polish), ansiar (Portuguese), dori (Romanian), jindui (Romanian), жажда́ть (žaždátʹ) (Russian), žudjeti (Serbo-Croatian), anhelar (Spanish), ansiar (Spanish), amalayar (Spanish), cuitarse (Spanish), reventar (Spanish), acezar (Spanish), alamparse (Spanish), sukta efter (Swedish), can atmak (Turkish), çok istemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-crave-en-verb-KQKC-8cQ Disambiguation of 'to want strongly': 78 9 13
  2. (transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim. Tags: transitive Translations (to ask earnestly): implorar (Catalan), implorer (French), pianchar (Galician), croiñar (Galician), deprecar (Galician), pedichar (Galician), erbitten (German), erflehen (German), 懇願する (kongan suru) (Japanese), craven (Middle English), krefja (Old Norse), błagać [imperfective] (Polish), implora (Romanian), implorar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-crave-en-verb-SgPokPPl Disambiguation of 'to ask earnestly': 2 61 36
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-crave-en-verb-h1XEDtPy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Old Norse translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 4 31 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 32 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 7 10 34 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 11 29 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 11 11 29 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 11 29 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 7 11 30 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 8 14 27 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 12 30 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 9 30 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 6 9 30 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 9 30 54 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 8 31 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 8 10 33 49 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 6 31 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 8 11 29 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations: 2 3 27 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 11 27 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 7 31 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 7 31 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 6 6 35 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 8 11 29 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 8 11 29 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 10 25 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 11 29 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 7 9 27 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Norse translations: 8 9 30 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 8 11 29 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 11 27 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 10 27 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 10 33 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 7 31 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 8 11 29 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 7 29 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 11 30 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 11 30 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: becrave, craveable, craver, craving, cravingly, cravingness, uncraving

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "kræve",
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      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "krefja",
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      "args": {
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          "yearn",
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for."
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        "transitive"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ištahā",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "اِشْتَهَى"
        },
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          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "aštaha",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "اشتهى"
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        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "žaduvam",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "жадувам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kopneja",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "копнея"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "mak",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "မက်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "ansiar (valencià)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "anhelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "delejar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "asquosga",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "ᎠᏍᏉᏍᎦ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kěwàng",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "渴望"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "熱望"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "rèwàng",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "热望"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "tamşanmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "žadonit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dychtit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "toužit po"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "verlangen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "deziregi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "haluta kovasti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "himoita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "souhaiter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "désirer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "arelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "degorar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "devecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "sich sehnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "begehren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hishtoqéq",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "הִשְׁתּוֹקֵק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "vágyik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "vágyódik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "sóvárog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "bramare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "desiderare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "setsubō suru",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "切望する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "dēsīderō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "avēo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "alkt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "kārot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "geisti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "trokšti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "warawara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "kaimomotu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "referring to food especially by pregnant women",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "kumama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "for food",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "kohekohe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "matainaina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "pīrangi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "craven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "havas kardan",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "هوس کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pożądać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pragnąć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "ansiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "dori"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "jindui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žaždátʹ",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "жажда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "žudjeti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "anhelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "ansiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 9 13",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to want strongly",
          "word": "amalayar"
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          "text": "I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.",
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          "text": "My deeds upon my head! I crave the law,\nThe penalty and forfeit of my bond.",
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1603-04, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, act II scene ii:",
          "text": "I crave your honour's pardon.",
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        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 15:43:",
          "text": "Joseph […] went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.",
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        "(transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim."
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          "ref": "1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:",
          "text": "It is the bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves wary walking",
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      "sense": "to want strongly",
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      "sense": "to want strongly",
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      "sense": "to want strongly",
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      "roman": "mak",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "မက်"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "ansiar (valencià)"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "anhelar"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "delejar"
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      "code": "chr",
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      "roman": "asquosga",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "ᎠᏍᏉᏍᎦ"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kěwàng",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "渴望"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "熱望"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rèwàng",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "热望"
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    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "tamşanmaq"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "žadonit"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dychtit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "toužit po"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "verlangen"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "deziregi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "haluta kovasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "himoita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "souhaiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "désirer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "arelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "degorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "devecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "sich sehnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "begehren"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hishtoqéq",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "הִשְׁתּוֹקֵק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "vágyik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "vágyódik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "sóvárog"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "bramare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "desiderare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "setsubō suru",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "切望する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "dēsīderō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "avēo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "alkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "kārot"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "geisti"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "trokšti"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "warawara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "kaimomotu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "referring to food especially by pregnant women",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "kumama"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "for food",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "kohekohe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "matainaina"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "matainaina"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "pīrangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "craven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "havas kardan",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "هوس کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "pożądać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "pragnąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "ansiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "dori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "jindui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žaždátʹ",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "жажда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "žudjeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "anhelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "ansiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "amalayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "cuitarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "reventar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "acezar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "alamparse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "sukta efter"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "can atmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to want strongly",
      "word": "çok istemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "implorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "implorer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "pianchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "croiñar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "deprecar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "pedichar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "erbitten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "erflehen"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kongan suru",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "懇願する"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "craven"
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      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "krefja"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "błagać"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "implora"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to ask earnestly",
      "word": "implorar"
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