Dictionary Definition
craving n : an intense desire for some particular
thing
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ
Translations
A strong desire; yearning
Verb
craving- Present participle of to crave.
Extensive Definition
Crave or craving may refer to:
- A food craving
- Crave (album), a 2002 album by Cyclefly
- Crave (play), a play by Sarah Kane
- Crave (band), an R&B musical group
- Crave Records, a record label
- Crave Entertainment, a video game developer
Crave or craving may also be:
- Taṇhā, a concept in Buddhism
- Jaimee Foxworth (born 1979), used the stage name Crave in adult films
- A blog and video podcast on CNET
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a habit, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism,
addictedness,
addiction, alcoholism, amphetamine
withdrawal symptoms, an universal wolf, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, athirst, barbiturate addiction,
barbiturism, chain
smoking, chronic alcoholism, cocainism, consumed with
desire, coveting,
crash, dependence, devoured by
desire, dipsomania,
drug addiction, drug culture, drug dependence, fervid, habituation, hunger, hungering, hungry, itch, itching, lust, mad with lust, mania, nicotine addiction,
passion, physical
dependence, prurience,
pruriency, prurient, psychological
dependence, sexual desire, thirst, thirsting, thirsty, tolerance, urge, withdrawal sickness,
withdrawal symptoms