Dictionary Entry
yearn
yearn is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, transitive/intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To pain; to grieve; to vex. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 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 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To pain; to grieve; to vex.
- 2intransitive verb
To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
- 3transitive/intransitive verb
To curdle, as milk.
- 4intransitive verb
To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.
- 5verb
have affection for; feel tenderness for
- 6verb
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
"She ached for a cigarette"
"I am pining for my lover"
- 7verb
desire strongly or persistently
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