verb
crave
KRAYV/kreɪv/
To want something very strongly.
She craves the chocolate dessert behind the café display glass.
Etymology
Crafian described asking or demanding rather than simply wanting. The modern sense of intense desire probably developed through the intermediate meaning “to ask very earnestly.”
In context
it makes them feel powerful it makes them desire it and crave it
More examples
- After a noisy day at work, I crave silence.
- He's craving something salty after his long hike.
- She finally has the independence she always craved.
Forms
crave · craves · craved · craving
craving noun — A strong, persistent desire for something.
Similar words
- want
- Expresses desire without necessarily suggesting the intensity of crave.
- long for
- Often suggests a lasting, emotional desire for something absent.