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# craving

«craving» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very strong wish for something, especially a food or drink** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a craving, cravings); form of verb (crave, craves, craved, craving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A craving is a very strong wish for something, especially a food or drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craving/#m1)

2) A strong need for an addictive thing, like a smoker's craving for a cigarette. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craving/#m2)

3) Craving is also the -ing form of «crave», to want something very strongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craving/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life people have cravings for chocolate or pizza; pregnant mothers are said to have unusual cravings. In health lessons cravings are part of addiction. In Buddhism, craving (wanting) is taught as a cause of suffering. Phrases: «a craving for», «satisfy a craving», «crave attention».

### examples

- I have a craving for ice cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craving/#x1)
- Mum had cravings for pickles when she was expecting the baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craving/#x2)
- Smokers feel cravings when they try to stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craving/#x3)
- He is craving attention from his friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craving/#x4)
- Buddhists teach that craving leads to suffering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craving/#x5)
- After the run I was craving water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craving/#x6)
- A glass of milk stopped my craving for something sweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craving/#x7)
- He sold all his possessions in order to satisfy his cravings, and was forced at last to devour his own limbs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/craving/#x8)

### note

Countable noun. Verb «crave» is regular: craved. Usually «a craving for» something. Stronger than «want».

### In the corpora

- [The stay-at-homes ask: «Why this craving for change?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air/10/)
- [In the front seat the old cravings rise up again: «It is fate!» he said to himself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/27/)
- [And they tried God in their heart by asking food for their craving.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1345/)
- [They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1357/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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