YEARN DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found
yearn v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long, yearn] 2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish] 3: have affection for; feel tenderness for yearn rayne renay Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary yearn jə:n v.intr. 1 (usu. foll. by for, after, or to + infin.) have a strong emotional longing. 2 (usu. foll. by to, towards) be filled with compassion or tenderness. øøyearner n. yearning n. & adj. yearningly adv. [OE giernan f. a Gmc root meaning 'eager'] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Yearn \Yearn\ (y[~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yearned; p. pr. & vb. n. Yearning.] [Also earn, ern; probably a corruption of OE. ermen to grieve, AS. ierman, yrman, or geierman, geyrman, fr. earm wretched, poor; akin to D. & G. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms. The y- in English is perhaps due to the AS. ge (see Y-).] To pain; to grieve; to vex. [Obs.] ``She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it.'' --Shak. It yearns me not if men my garments wear. --Shak. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Yearn \Yearn\, v. i. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. [Obs.] ``Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore.'' --Shak. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Yearn \Yearn\, v. i. & t. [See Yearnings.] To curdle, as milk. [Scot.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. gir[=i] greed, ger desirous, ger[=o]n to desire, G. begehren, Icel. girna to desire, gjarn eager, Goth. fa['i]huga['i]rns covetous, ga['i]rnjan to desire, and perhaps to Gr. chai`rein to rejoice, be glad, Skr. hary to desire, to like. [root]33.] To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager. Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother; and he sought where to weep. --Gen. xliii. 30. Your mother's heart yearns towards you. --Addison. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms yearn v. n. Long, be eager, feel a strong desire, long fondly, long pityingly. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) yearn jə:n v. long, pine, ache, hanker, itch, hunger, thirst, crave, have a craving, desire, wish, want, fancy, prefer: I yearn to see the green-clad hills of home once more, Before my vessel bears me from this mortal shore. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 18 Moby Thesaurus words for "yearn": ache, covet, crave, desire, dream, fancy, hanker, hunger, itch, long, lust, pant, pine, prefer, thirst, want, wish, yen |
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