Crossword clues for craved
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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. -
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.Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit; request; supplicate; adjure.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: crave)
WordNet
adj. wanted intensely; "the child could no longer resist taking one of the craved cookies"; "it produced the desired effect" [syn: desired]
Usage examples of "craved".
Vaughn craved to avenge his daughter, and to guarantee the safety of the crew, but he understood well the repercussions of launching any assault against the Jarada under these circumstances.
She could only summon the most innocuous of words, words she could not utter because they would only demonstrate how she craved to avoid talking about anything substantial with Vaughn.
Both the gift and the giver had been lost in the collapse of the tower, and as Vaughn stood amid the enormous congregation of Vahni assembled in the garden, he craved vengeance: for Ventu, for the more than three thousand Vahni who had died in the quakes and aboard their interplanetary ships, and for Ensign Roness.
Perhaps she craved the wildness in him as he craved the laughter and compassion in her.
He craved more and more, his body building power and strength, driving harder and harder, burying himself deeply in her, pushing her toward another shattering release.
And she wanted him again, craved his touch, the driving strength of his body.
He craved her touch, her hands, her silky mouth turning him into a living, breathing flame.
He craved the sweet taste of her, wanted the ecstasy of the ritual exchange.
She found she welcomed the brushing touch, craved it, was aware that he shared the same deep need to merge often with her.
He had seen the vampire's power and craved it, believed he would soon be rewarded.
He, who had always craved physical affection, had never thought to offer her an embrace.
It was the inner radiance housed within those female bodies, a luminescence that some men had craved as much as they might have craved a light they could see glowing in a window when they were standing out in the cold.
He was a politician, after all, and what they all craved was a few lines in history books.
Even here he craved being remembered, and so he did what the woman wanted, if the woman had the wit to ask.
One more was all she craved, one more time to feel a new life growing within her.