craving

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A strong desire; yearning.

   [W]e contrived to satisfy the cravings of thirst by suffering the shirts to become saturated, and then wringing them so as to let the grateful fluid trickle into our mouths.

2. 2
   noun

   an intense desire for some particular thing

3. 3
   verb

   present participle and gerund of crave

Etymology

From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing.