CRAVES
Verb
craves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crave
Anagrams
• Cavers, carves, cavers
Source: Wiktionary
CRAVE
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