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bramare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • covet verb To want something very badly, often something that belongs to someone else.
  • crave verb To have an intense desire for something, especially food, comfort, or attention.
  • fancy verb British informal: to want or feel attracted to something or someone.
  • long adjective Measuring a great distance from end to end.
  • pant noun A quick, heavy breath, especially after exertion.
  • yearn verb To have a deep, often wistful longing for something or someone.
  • yen noun The official currency of Japan, symbol ¥.

Senses

bramare is used for these senses in English:

  • covet (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
  • crave (ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
  • fancy (British, informal) To be sexually, aesthetically or romantically attracted to.
  • fancy To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
  • long (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).
  • long for (transitive) To have a desire for (a thing or an event).
  • pant (transitive, obsolete) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
  • yearn (intransitive, also, figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

crave — full definition

  1. verb To have an intense desire for something, especially food, comfort, or attention.
  2. verb Formal: to ask for something earnestly, especially from someone with authority.

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