Crave

Verb

 * 1)  To want strongly as to satisfy an appetite. To long for, to yearn.
 * I know I should diet more, but every afternoon I crave a soda so I have one.
 * 1)  Ask earnestly.
 * I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.

Adverbs for Crave
irresistibly; humbly; instinctively; insatiably; inordinately; intensely; earnestly; unappeasingly; incessantly; uncontrollably; violently; persistently; abnormally; vaguely; maternally; erotically; spiritually; insensately.

Thesaurus
ache, adjure, appeal, appeal to, apply for, ask, ask for, aspire after, beg, beg leave, beseech, bespeak, brace, call for, call for help, call on, call upon, choose, clamor for, conjure, covet, crave after, crawl after, cry for, cry on, cry to, demand, desiderate, desire, dream, entreat, file for, hanker, hanker after, hunger, hunger after, impetrate, implore, importune, imprecate, indent, invoke, kneel to, lust, lust after, make a request, make a requisition, make application, necessitate, obtest, order, pant after, pine, plead, plead for, pray, put in for, request, require, requisition, run mad after, run to, sigh, supplicate, take, thirst, thirst after, want, whistle for, wish

Etymology
crafian:, indicating (compare related Old Norse krefja: > Danish kræve:, Norwegian kreve:, Swedish krav:).

Translations

 * Bulgarian: жадувам, копнея
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 熱望, 热望
 * Crimean Tatar: tamşanmaq
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: een sterk verlangen hebben
 * Esperanto: deziregi
 * Finnish: haluta kovasti, himoita
 * French:, désirer


 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 懇願する, 切望する
 * Latin:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,

Derived terms

 * craving

Anagrams

 * carve
 * caver