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Definition of crave

crave

/kreɪv/
crave
Past Simple:craved
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Past Participle:craved
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Present Participle:craving
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crave Lexical Profile

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• verb

1

To feel a powerful, urgent, and often uncontrollable desire for something.

Example

"After weeks of eating plain trail rations, the hikers began to crave fresh fruit and warm bread."

2

To ask for or beg earnestly and humbly (archaic or formal).

Example

"The envoy bowed low to crave the monarch's pardon on behalf of the northern province."

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• Rhymes for crave

• Nearby Words

crater
crating
cravat
crave
craven
craver
craving

Word Origin & Etymology

From Old English crafian, meaning to demand by right or ask earnestly, which is related to Old Norse krefja of the same meaning.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Crave. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/crave
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