Crave \Crave\ (kr[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craved} (kr[=a]vd); p pr. & vb. n. {Craving}.] [AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.] 1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.
I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak.
Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. --Mark xv. 43.
2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
His path is one that eminently craves weary walking. --Edmund Gurney.
Crave \Crave\, v. i. To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.
Once one may crave for love. --Suckling.
She had lived one whole life - as wife and mother - before the muse began to crave some attention, too.
Trendy teenagers everywhere crave the latest in bright Benetton sweaters; fashionable grown-ups covet Rolex and Dior.
Now, with the pound floating freely, there is more confidence that British companies can go on delivering the healthy dividend growth rates that UK institutions crave. Nevertheless many British companies have been crippled.
Finally, we see the family at a meeting of Jack and Jill, a black social club founded in the 1930s, which is currently being revived by "upwardly mobile black families who crave contact with other blacks."
We seemed to crave a lifestyle which divided its time between the stress of the City boardroom and the tedium of competitive rural pursuits.
Slow Learner I crave the ability to laugh at myself, And spare no effort to pursue it, But it seems whenever I'm about to start, Friends or co-workers beat me to it.
And when it comes to style, many men crave the familiar.
Moreover, the political palates of Mr. Washington's followers crave another high-profile candidate, political observers here say.
"It's insulting that it's my money, and I can't get any of it." Despite the hassles, security is a major reason Soviets crave hard currency.
It retains rear-wheel drive, which performance purists crave, and can be bought with a monstrous five-liter V-8 engine that's typically reserved for cars twice its size.
And introducing new shows at different times may confuse viewers who already have dozens of choices from cable and crave stability.
Why do so many consumers crave the faded look of acid-washed jeans that cost about $8 a pair more than pre-shrunk jeans and about $11 more than the cardboard kind?
"Many people tend to crave carbohydrates and gain weight in the winter.
For one thing, they note, goats don't eat tin cans, although they do crave the glue on can labels.