crave
(verb) plead or ask for earnestly
crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust
(verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crave (third-person singular simple present craves, present participle craving, simple past and past participle craved)
(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
(transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
crave (plural craves)
(law, Scottish) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.
• Caver, carve, caver, varec
Source: Wiktionary
Crave (krv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craved (kr; p pr. & vb. n. Craving.] Etym: [AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefia, Sw. kr, Dan. kr.]
1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore. I crave your honor's pardon. Shak. Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. Mark xv. 43.
2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food. His path is one that eminently craves weary walking. Edmund Gurney.
Syn.
– To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit; request; supplicate; adjure.
Crave, v. i.
Definition: To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite. Once one may crave for love. Suckling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
