craving

CEFRB2

/ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/

noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meaning

In context

Tom has a craving for chocolate ice cream.
The craving for cuteness is a psychological phenomenon that originally had the purpose of increasing the chances of a baby to survive […]
[W]e contrived to satisfy the cravings of thirst by suffering the shirts to become saturated, and then wringing them so as to let the grateful fluid trickle into our mouths.

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

The word in print, with each source given in full.

[W]e contrived to satisfy the cravings of thirst by suffering the shirts to become saturated, and then wringing them so as to let the grateful fluid trickle into our mouths.
1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter XIII, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, pages 122–123
The craving for cuteness is a psychological phenomenon that originally had the purpose of increasing the chances of a baby to survive […]
2007, Christine Locher, The Cult of Cuteness in Japanese Youth Culture, page 13
The list of potential victories you could achieve with your reset is long, and it includes a fafillion wins that have nothing to do with the scale: Fewer blemishes. Thicker hair. Less join pain. Reduced cravings. No midday energy slump.
2016, Melissa Hartwig, Food Freedom Forever

Looking a word up is the easy part. LexUp remembers which words you have met and brings them back at the point you were about to forget them.

From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing.