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Word entry · 5 letters

crave

Best crossword clue

"Want badly"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kɹeɪv/Part of speech verbSorted acervStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. plead or ask for earnestly

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • to crave for peace
  • to crave after wealth
  • to crave drugs

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