жаждать — meaning in English
zhazhdat
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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.
- hanker verb To crave, want or desire.
- hunger noun The physical need or desire to eat.
- itch noun An uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to scratch.
- jones noun Slang for heroin.
- pine noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.
- thirst noun The feeling of needing something to drink.
- yearn verb To have a deep, often wistful longing for something or someone.
Senses
жаждать is used for these senses in English:
- covet (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
- covet (transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
- covet (intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
- crave (ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
- hanker To crave, want or desire.
- hunger (figuratively, intransitive, usually, _, with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
- itch (intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
- jones (US, slang) Have an intense craving.
crave — full definition
- verb To have an intense desire for something, especially food, comfort, or attention.
- verb Formal: to ask for something earnestly, especially from someone with authority.