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YEARN

\jˈɜːn], \jˈɜːn], \j_ˈɜː_n]\

Definitions of YEARN

2011 - English Dictionary Database
2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary

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have a yen for
desire strongly or persistently

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

desire strongly or persistently
have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

To curdle, as milk.
To pain; to grieve; to vex.
To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To curdle, as milk.
To pain; to grieve; to vex.
To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To feel an earnest desire; wish with eager longing.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

YEARNINGLY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

YEARNINGLY.
To desire something anxiously; long.
Yearning.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To feel a longing, or extreme tenderness.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

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