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• yearn — *long, pine, hanker, hunger, thirst Analogous words: crave, *desire, wish, want, covet: aspire, pant, *aim …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• yearn — yearner, n. /yerrn/, v.i. 1. to have an earnest or strong desire; long: to yearn for a quiet vacation. 2. to feel tenderness; be moved or attracted: They yearned over their delicate child. [bef. 900; ME yernen, OE giernan deriv. of georn eager;… …   Universalium

• yearn — [[t]yɜrn[/t]] v. i. 1) to have an earnest or strong desire; long 2) to feel tenderness; be moved • Etymology: bef. 900; ME yernen, OE giernan, der. of georn eager, c. OOHG gern, Go gairns desirous; akin to Gk chaírein to rejoice, Skt háryati (he) …   From formal English to slang

• Yearn — Yearn, v. i. [OE. yernen, [yogh]ernen, [yogh]eornen, AS. geornian, gyrnan, fr. georn desirous, eager; akin to OS. gern desirous, girnean, gernean, to desire, D. gaarne gladly, willingly, G. gern, OHG. gerno, adv., gern, a., G. gier greed, OHG.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• yearn — [jə:n US jə:rn] v [: Old English; Origin: giernan] [i]literary to have a strong desire for something, especially something that is difficult or impossible to get = ↑long yearn for ▪ Hannah yearned for a child. yearn to be/do sth ▪ Phil had… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• long — Ⅰ. long [1] ► ADJECTIVE (longer, longest) 1) of a great distance or duration. 2) relatively great in extent. 3) having a specified length, distance, or duration. 4) (of a ball in sport) travelling a great distance, or further than expected …   English terms dictionary

• yearn — [v] desire strongly ache, be desirous of, be eager for, be passionate, chafe, covet, crave, dream, hanker, have a crush on*, have a yen for, hunger, itch, languish, long, lust, pine, set one’s heart on*, thirst, want, wish for; concept 20 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

• long — vb Long, yearn, hanker, pine, hunger, thirst mean to have a strong and urgent desire for something. One longs when one wishes for something, and especially something remote or not readily attainable, with one s whole heart or with great… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• long — [adj1] extended in space or time continued, deep, distant, drawn out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, faraway, far off, far reaching, gangling, great, high, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty,… …   New thesaurus

• long for — yearn for, pine for …   English contemporary dictionary

• long — long1 longly, adv. longness, n. /lawng, long/, adj. longer /lawng geuhr, long /, longest /lawng gist, long /, n., adv. adj. 1. having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle. 2. having considerable duration in time: a… …   Universalium