crave

Plural: craves

Verb

Verb Forms: craved, craving, craves

To have a powerful longing or desire for something.
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
plead or ask for earnestly
To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority.
To call for; to require as a course of action.

Noun

A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

Examples

I crave an open triple word score lane like nothing else.
I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.
to crave after wealth
to crave drugs
to crave for peace

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”).

Synonyms

hunger, lust, starve, thirst

Scrabble Score: 10

crave: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
crave: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
crave: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

crave: valid Words With Friends Word