Dictionary Entry
crave
crave is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.
- 2transitive verb
To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
- 3intransitive verb
To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.
- 4verb
plead or ask for earnestly
- 5verb
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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