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anhelar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crave verb To have an intense desire for something, especially food, comfort, or attention.
  • hunger noun The physical need or desire to eat.
  • long adjective Measuring a great distance from end to end.
  • pant noun A quick, heavy breath, especially after exertion.
  • pine noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.
  • will verb A modal verb used to talk about the future, often with a sense of intention or certainty.
  • yearn verb To have a deep, often wistful longing for something or someone.

Senses

anhelar is used for these senses in English:

  • ache for To desire or want something, or someone, very much.
  • crave (ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
  • hunger (figuratively, intransitive, usually, _, with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
  • 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).
  • pine (intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
  • 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.

hunger — full definition

  1. noun The physical need or desire to eat.
  2. noun A strong desire or craving for something other than food.
  3. verb To have a strong craving or longing for something.

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