yearn
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/jΙΛn/
English
Definitions
verb
- To long, have a strong desire (for something).βAll I yearn for is a simple life.β
- To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
- To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
- To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
verb
- To curdle, as milk.
noun
- Yearning; yen.β1917 August 12, "A YEARN FOR PEACE; Pan-Germanism Denounced" Sunday Times (Perth, WA) p.1β