craving

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ

Etymology 1

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

Noun

craving (plural cravings)

  1. A strong desire; yearning.
Descendants
  • Jamaican Creole: craven
Translations

Etymology 2

From crave.

Verb

craving

  1. present participle of crave

Further reading
  • craving in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • craving in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

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