Yearn definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary YEARN, YERN, v.i. [G. The sense is to strain, or ... distressed; to suffer. Falstaff, he is dead, and we must yearn therefore. 2. Usually, to long; to feel an earnest desire ... 1 Kings 3. Joseph made haste, for his bowels did yearn upon his brother. Genesis 43. Your mothers heart yearns toward ... to control, spoke loud the language of his yearning soul. YEARN, YERN, v.t. To pain; to grieve; to vex. She laments for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it. It yearns me not ...
... a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish] Merriam Webster's I. noun Usage: often ... vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) ; languish 2. to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable < they still pined ... usu. foll. by for, after, or to + infin.) long eagerly; yearn. Etymology: OE pinian, rel. to obs. E pine punishment, f ... thin, weary for, wilt, wish for, wither, wither away, wizen, yearn, yearn for, yen for, yield
... supply" v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long, yearn] adv 1: for an extended time or at a distant ... for peace > < longing to return home > • longer noun Synonyms: long, yearn, hanker, pine, hunger, thirst mean to have a strong desire ... and often a striving to attain < longed for some rest >. yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing < yearned for a ... wish for, wish to, without end, wordy, year after year, yearn, yearn for, years, years on end, yen, yen for
... promotion > • earner noun II. intransitive verb Etymology: probably alteration of yearn Date: 1599 obsolete grieve Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. 1 ... s 1913 Dictionary Earn Earn, v. t. & i. [See 1st Yearn.] To grieve. [Obs.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Earn Earn, v. i. [See 4th Yearn.] To long; to yearn. [Obs.] And ever as he rode, his heart did earn ...
... a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish] 3: be the source of pain [syn ... keep smiling when his heart must have been aching. = long, yearn VERB: V for n, V 4. You can use aches ... weary for, wince, wish for, wish to, wound, wrench, writhe, yearn, yearn for, yen for
... 2005) v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long, yearn] Merriam Webster's intransitive verb (hankered; hankering) Etymology: probably from ... hankeren Date: 1627 to have a strong or persistent desire ; yearn — often used with for or after Synonyms: see long • hankerer ... pine for, sigh, thirst, thirst after, thirst for, want, wish, yearn, yearn for, yen
... sound like sighing < wind sighing in the branches > 3. grieve, yearn < sighing for days gone by > transitive verb 1. to express ... sadness, weariness, longing, relief, etc. 2 intr. (foll. by for) yearn for (a lost person or thing). 3 tr. utter or ... over, wheeze, whine, whining, whisper, whispering, whistle, wind, yap, yawp, yearn for, yell, yelp
... urgent longing < a yearning for justice > Webster's 1913 Dictionary Yearn Yearn (y[~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yearned; p ... vex. [Obs.] ``She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it.'' --Shak. It yearns me not ...
Yearned definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Yearn Yearn (y[~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yearned; p ... vex. [Obs.] ``She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it.'' --Shak. It yearns me not ...
... n. 1. Desire to drink. 2. Desire, long, crave, hanker, yearn. Foolish Dictionary A sensation immediately following a short session at ... Tantalus, voraciousness, voracity, waterlessness, watertight integrity, watertightness, wish, wish for, yearn, yearn for, yearning, yen
... want, fancy, wish for, long for, hanker after, lust after, yearn for, aspire after. 2. Solicit, request, ask. Moby Thesaurus Amor ... wish to goodness, wish very much, worship, would fain do, yearn, yearn for, yearning, yen
... a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish] Merriam Webster's I. noun (plural yen ... yenning) Date: circa 1919 to have an intense desire ; long, yearn Oxford Reference Dictionary 1. n. (pl. same) the chief monetary ... ruble, rupee, shekel, shilling, sigh, sol, sou, stiver, thirst, won, yearn, yearning