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# crave

«crave» in Mova's school dictionary: **to want it very strongly, so that it is hard to think…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (crave, craves, craved, craving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To crave something is to want it very strongly, so that it is hard to think about anything else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crave/#m1)

2) (old, formal) To crave something is to ask for it humbly: «I crave your pardon». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crave/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons, people may crave sugar or salty food; a craving is a strong wish. In stories, a lonely character craves friendship, a proud one craves attention. In old stories and the Bible, a person «craves» a favour from a king.

### examples

- After the long walk, I craved a cold drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crave/#x1)
- Toad craved excitement and fast cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crave/#x2)
- Babies crave attention and comfort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crave/#x3)
- «I crave your pardon, my lord.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crave/#x4)
- She craved a quiet moment alone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crave/#x5)
- Some people crave chocolate when they are tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crave/#x6)
- At last Hook had got the boon for which he craved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crave/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: a craving. Stronger than «want» or «would like».

### In the corpora

- [So they did eat, and were well filled; and He gave them that which they craved.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1356/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crave» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crave/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.