ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
(verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present; “She ached for a cigarette”; “I am pining for my lover”
hanker, long, yearn
(verb) desire strongly or persistently
Source: WordNet® 3.1
yearn (third-person singular simple present yearns, present participle yearning, simple past and past participle yearned)
(intransitive) To long, have a strong desire (for something).
(intransitive) To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
(intransitive, dated) To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
(intransitive, obsolete) To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
(transitive, obsolete) To pain; to grieve; to vex.
yearn (third-person singular simple present yearns, present participle yearning, simple past and past participle yearned)
(Scotland) To curdle, as milk.
yearn (plural yearns)
(nonstandard) Yearning; yen.
• Aeryn, Arney, Neary, Neyra, Raney, Rayne, Yaren, aryne, rayne, renay, yarne
Source: Wiktionary
Yearn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yearned; p. pr. & vb. n. Yearning.] Etym: [Also earn, ern; probably a corruption of OE. ermen to grieve, AS. ierman, yrman, or geierman, geyrman, fr. earm wretched, poor; akin to D. & G. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms. The y- in English is perhaps due to the AS. ge (see Y-).]
Definition: To pain; to grieve; to vex. [Obs.] "She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it." Shak. It yearns me not if men my garments wear. Shak.
Yearn, v. i.
Definition: To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. [Obs.] "Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore." Shak.
Yearn, v. i. & t. Etym: [See Yearnings.]
Definition: To curdle, as milk. [Scot.]
Yearn, v. i. Etym: [OE. yernen, , , AS. geornian, gyrnan, fr. georn desirous, eager; akin to OS. gern desirous, girnean, gernean, to desire, D. gaarne gladly, willingly, G. gern, OHG. gerno, adv., gern, a., G. gier greed, OHG. giri greed, ger desirous, ger to desire, G. begehren, Icel. girna to desire, gjarn eager, Goth. faĂhugaĂrns covetous, gaĂrnjan to desire, and perhaps to Gr. hary to desire, to like.
Definition: To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager. Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother; and he sought where to weep. Gen. xliii. 30. Your mother's heart yearns towards you. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
