crave

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to have an appetite or great desire for

   I was craving a bacon cheeseburger after our night out.

2. 2
   verb

   To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

   to crave for peace

3. 3
   verb

   To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority.

   I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.

4. 4
   verb

   To call for; to require as a course of action.

   It is the bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves wary walking

5. 5
   verb

   to plead or ask for earnestly

6. 6
   noun

   A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

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”).