yearn+for
11yearn — [ jɜrn ] verb transitive MAINLY LITERARY to want something a lot, especially something that you know you may not be able to have: He yearned for her love. They were yearning to have a baby …
12yearn — ► VERB ▪ have an intense feeling of loss and longing for something. DERIVATIVES yearner noun yearning noun. ORIGIN Old English, from a Germanic base meaning eager …
13yearn — [[t]yɜrn[/t]] v. i. 1) to have an earnest or strong desire; long 2) to feel tenderness; be moved • Etymology: bef. 900; ME yernen, OE giernan, der. of georn eager, c. OOHG gern, Go gairns desirous; akin to Gk chaírein to rejoice, Skt háryati (he) …
14yearn — UK [jɜː(r)n] / US [jɜrn] verb [intransitive] Word forms yearn : present tense I/you/we/they yearn he/she/it yearns present participle yearning past tense yearned past participle yearned mainly literary to want something a lot, especially… …
15yearn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. pine, long, hanker; grieve, mourn. See desire, lamentation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. want, crave, long for, fret, chafe, ache, grieve, mourn, droop, pine, languish, be eager for, be deSirous of, be… …
16yearn — verb he yearned for a second chance Syn: long for, pine for, crave, desire, want, wish for, hanker for, covet, lust after/for, pant for, hunger for, burn for, thirst for, ache for, eat one s heart out for, have one s heart set on; informal have a …
17yearn — v desire, wish for, long for, set one s heart on, desiderate, want; hope for, care for, pine for, sigh for; hanker after, have a yen for, covet, fancy, have a fancy for; have an eye to, be attracted to, have a mind to, have at heart, be bent… …
18yearn — [[t]jɜ͟ː(r)n[/t]] yearns, yearning, yearned VERB If someone yearns for something that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much. [V for n] He yearned for freedom... [V to inf] I yearned to be a movie actor …
19long for — yearn for, pine for …
20yearn — verb ADVERB ▪ secretly ▪ desperately ▪ still ▪ always ▪ I ve always yearned to go stock car racing. PREPOSITION …
