Definitions for craving

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craving crav·ing

Spelling: [krey-ving]

IPA: /ˈkreɪ vɪŋ/

Craving is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 173 anagrams from letters in craving (acginrv).

Definitions for craving

noun

1. great or eager desire; yearning.

verb (used with object)

1. to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly:
2. to require; need:
3. to ask earnestly for (something); beg for.
4. to ask (a person) earnestly for something or to do something.

verb (used without object)

1. to beg or plead (usually followed by for).

Origin of craving

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at crave, -ing¹

Examples for craving

High off success with their Fantasy Football league, the group was craving even more competition.

Why should I be sober, when in such moments I suffer agonies of craving?

A sound of craving and eagerness that had nothing articulate in it but blood.

It seemed to her that if she could not satisfy her craving she herself must lose her life.

craving a change of scenery, I decide to leave the InStyle/Warner Bros. party.

So here Obama is, craving security and adulation, but being denied both.

They were tired of the fare at restaurants catering to tourists and were craving something a bit more authentic.

Thus it is not alcoholism or the craving for drink which is inherited.

Throbbing with a grateful, craving allegiance, I seized the rein.

That craving, LaCava realizes by the end of her story, set in 2009-10, doubles as a kind of control.