Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to crave
Participle: craved
Gerund: craving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | crave |
| you | crave |
| he;she;it | craves |
| we | crave |
| you | crave |
| they | crave |
Perfect
| I | have craved |
| you | have craved |
| he;she;it | has craved |
| we | have craved |
| you | have craved |
| they | have craved |
Past
| I | craved |
| you | craved |
| he;she;it | craved |
| we | craved |
| you | craved |
| they | craved |
Pluperfect
| I | had craved |
| you | had craved |
| he;she;it | had craved |
| we | had craved |
| you | had craved |
| they | had craved |
Future
| I | will crave |
| you | will crave |
| he;she;it | will crave |
| we | will crave |
| you | will crave |
| they | will crave |
Future Perfect
| I | will have craved |
| you | will have craved |
| he;she;it | will have craved |
| we | will have craved |
| you | will have craved |
| they | will have craved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | crave |
| you | crave |
| he;she;it | crave |
| we | crave |
| you | crave |
| they | crave |
Perfect
| I | have craved |
| you | have craved |
| he;she;it | have craved |
| we | have craved |
| you | have craved |
| they | have craved |
Imperfect
| I | craved |
| you | craved |
| he;she;it | craved |
| we | craved |
| you | craved |
| they | craved |
Pluperfect
| I | had craved |
| you | had craved |
| he;she;it | had craved |
| we | had craved |
| you | had craved |
| they | had craved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would crave |
| you | would crave |
| he;she;it | would crave |
| we | would crave |
| you | would crave |
| they | would crave |
Perfect
| I | would have craved |
| you | would have craved |
| he;she;it | would have craved |
| we | would have craved |
| you | would have craved |
| they | would have craved |
Imperative
| you | crave |
| we | Let's crave |
| you | crave |
Verbs conjugated like 'crave'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'crave'
brave,
cave,
crake,
crane,
crape,
crase,
crate,
craven,
craze,
grave,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- want
- long, hanker, desire, covet, lust, wish
- need
- want, require
- beg
- beseech, entreat, implore, solicit, supplicate
Antonyms
- want
- plenty, copiousness, fullness, profusion
- need
- luxury, wealth, riches, fortune
- beg
- give, bestow, reward, concede
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
crafian "demand by right," from N.Gmc.
*krabojan, perhaps related to
craft. Current sense "to long for" is c.1400, probably through intermediate meaning "to ask very earnestly" (c.1300).
2. From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”). See: Middle English '
craven', Old English '
crafian', Proto-Germanic '
*krafjaną', Danish '
kræve', Swedish '
kräva', Icelandic '
krefja'.
Verbs referencing "crave"
Swedish
kräva, Danish
kræve, Welsh
crefu.
Sample Sentences
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While this conversation was passing in the chamber, Legree, overcome with his carouse, had sunk to sleep in the room below. Legree was not an habitual drunkard. His coarse, strong nature craved, and could endure, a continual stimulation, that would have utterly wrecked and crazed a finer one. But a deep, underlying spirit of cautiousness prevented his often yielding to appetite in such [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)