"craving" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-craving.ogg [US] Forms: cravings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cravinge}} Middle English cravinge, {{inh|en|ang|crafing||claim, demand}} Old English crafing (“claim, demand”), {{suffix|en|crave|ing}} crave + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} craving (plural cravings)
  1. A strong desire; yearning. Hypernyms: desire, need Hyponyms: itchy feet [idiomatic], wanderlust, feening Related terms: addiction, compulsion, dependence, passion, eat one's heart out [idiomatic, verb], set one's heart on [verb], crave Translations (strong desire; yearning): ὄρεξις (órexis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَوْق (tawq) [masculine] (Arabic), تَشَوُّق (tašawwuq) [masculine] (Arabic), شَبَق m [sexual craving] (šabaq) (Arabic), غُلْمَة m [sexual craving] (ḡulma) (Arabic), цяга (cjaha) [feminine] (Belarusian), прага (praha) [feminine] (Belarusian), імкненне (imknjennje) [neuter] (Belarusian), копнеж (kopnež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), жажда (žažda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ànsia (Catalan), 渴望 (kěwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 癖好 (pǐhào) (Chinese Mandarin), choutky [feminine, plural] (Czech), jano (Finnish), halu (Finnish), tarve (Finnish), hinku (Finnish), désir ardent [masculine] (French), Gelüst [neuter] (German), Begierde [feminine] (German), Sehnsucht [feminine] (German), Heißhunger (english: referring to food) [masculine] (German), λαχτάρα (lachtára) [feminine] (Greek), πόθος (póthos) [masculine] (Greek), δίψα (dípsa) [feminine] (Greek), sóvárgás (Hungarian), epekedés (Hungarian), vágyakozás (Hungarian), vágyódás (Hungarian), mohó/gyötrő/kínzó/heves vágy (Hungarian), kívánósság (english: by a pregnant woman, for specific food) (Hungarian), kívánás (Hungarian), kaiho (Ingrian), áilíos [masculine] (Irish), aimirne (note: for food) [feminine] (Irish), andúil [feminine] (Irish), anrachán [masculine] (Irish), dúil [feminine] (Irish), gabhair [feminine] (Irish), mearadh [masculine] (Irish), miangas [masculine] (Irish), ocras [masculine] (Irish), tart [masculine] (Irish), tothlaíocht [feminine] (Irish), tothlú [masculine] (Irish), brama [feminine] (Italian), 渇望 (katsubō) (alt: かつぼう) (Japanese), 切望 (setsubō) (alt: せつぼう) (Japanese), 熱望 (netsubō) (alt: ねつぼう) (Japanese), gola [feminine] (Ladin), tveiksme (Latgalian), tveikys (Latgalian), olka (Latgalian), steigsme (Latgalian), alkas [feminine, plural] (Latvian), kāre [feminine] (Latvian), വ്യാക്ക് (vyākkŭ) (Malayalam), zachcianka [feminine] (Polish), żądza [feminine] (Polish), ânsia [feminine] (Portuguese), anelo [masculine] (Portuguese), sofreguidão [feminine] (Portuguese), poftă [feminine] (Romanian), sete [feminine] (Romanian), râvnă [feminine] (Romanian), ardoare [feminine] (Romanian), влече́ние (vlečénije) [neuter] (Russian), жа́жда (žážda) [feminine] (Russian), тя́га (tjága) [feminine] (Russian), стремле́ние (stremlénije) [neuter] (Russian), пристра́стие (pristrástije) [neuter] (Russian), disìu [masculine] (Sicilian), ansia [feminine] (Spanish), begär [neuter] (Swedish), längtan [common-gender] (Swedish), kāwalyñe (Tocharian B), chwant [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-craving-en-noun-VFU2zlXs Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Synonyms: ache [idiomatic], appetency, appetite [figuratively], craving, hankering, hunger [figuratively], impulse, itch [idiomatic], jones [US, slang], letch [archaic], lickerish, longing, lust [archaic], pining [archaic], thirst [figuratively], urge, yearning, yen
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-craving.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ Etymology: From crave. Etymology templates: {{m|en|crave}} crave Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} craving
  1. present participle and gerund of crave Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: crave
    Sense id: en-craving-en-verb-H0sZ6tLP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "žažda",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
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          "roman": "kěwàng",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "渴望"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pǐhào",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "癖好"
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          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "jano"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "halu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "tarve"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "hinku"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "désir ardent"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Gelüst"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Begierde"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sehnsucht"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "english": "referring to food",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Heißhunger"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lachtára",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "λαχτάρα"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "póthos",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "πόθος"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dípsa",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "δίψα"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "órexis",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ὄρεξις"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "sóvárgás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "epekedés"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "vágyakozás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "vágyódás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "mohó/gyötrő/kínzó/heves vágy"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "by a pregnant woman, for specific food",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "kívánósság"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "kívánás"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "kaiho"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "áilíos"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "note": "for food",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aimirne"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "andúil"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anrachán"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dúil"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gabhair"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mearadh"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "miangas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ocras"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tart"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tothlaíocht"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tothlú"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brama"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かつぼう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "katsubō",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "渇望"
        },
        {
          "alt": "せつぼう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "setsubō",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "切望"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ねつぼう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "netsubō",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "熱望"
        },
        {
          "code": "lld",
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gola"
        },
        {
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "tveiksme"
        },
        {
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "tveikys"
        },
        {
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "olka"
        },
        {
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "steigsme"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "alkas"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kāre"
        },
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "vyākkŭ",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "word": "വ്യാക്ക്"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zachcianka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "żądza"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ânsia"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sofreguidão"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "poftă"
        },
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَوْق"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "تَشَوُّق"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šabaq",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡulma",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "غُلْمَة m [sexual craving]"
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      "roman": "cjaha",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "цяга"
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "прага"
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "імкненне"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "копнеж"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žažda",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жажда"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "ànsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kěwàng",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "渴望"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pǐhào",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "癖好"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "choutky"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "jano"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "halu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "tarve"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "hinku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "désir ardent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gelüst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Begierde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sehnsucht"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "referring to food",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Heißhunger"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "lachtára",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λαχτάρα"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "póthos",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πόθος"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "dípsa",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "órexis",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὄρεξις"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "sóvárgás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "epekedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "vágyakozás"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "vágyódás"
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    {
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "kívánás"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "kaiho"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "áilíos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "note": "for food",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aimirne"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "andúil"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "anrachán"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dúil"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "gabhair"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mearadh"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "miangas"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ocras"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tart"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tothlaíocht"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tothlú"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "brama"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "katsubō",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "渇望"
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      "alt": "せつぼう",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "setsubō",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "切望"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねつぼう",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "netsubō",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "熱望"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gola"
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    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "tveiksme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "tveikys"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "olka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "steigsme"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "alkas"
    },
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      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kāre"
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      "roman": "vyākkŭ",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "വ്യാക്ക്"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "zachcianka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "żądza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ânsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sofreguidão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poftă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sete"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "râvnă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ardoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vlečénije",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "влече́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žážda",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жа́жда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjága",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тя́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stremlénije",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стремле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pristrástije",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пристра́стие"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disìu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ansia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "begär"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "längtan"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "word": "kāwalyñe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "strong desire; yearning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chwant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "craving"
}

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