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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
crave .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective wanted intensely
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Examples
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That Bush went this route rather than throwing his base the red meat they craved is nothing less than a sign of weakness.
10/03/2005 2005
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After a couple of years, he was in command of his own station, and the holder of a title craved by all sea men"Captain'though his rate was that of Senior Chief.
Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1989
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So far the closest I’ve come to the understanding I’ve craved is what I’ve received from other mothers.
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And actually what he does (unintelligible) is he's kind of craved dismay, really, at everything that he found.
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Chocolate, perhaps the most universally enjoyed, dare-I-say "craved" food, was first enjoyed by the Mayans and Aztecs more than 2,000 years ago.
Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Local News and Business Directory 2009
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The former Really Wild Show presenter "craved" fresh air, but the nearest natural light source was back at the surface - 12 hours 'climb away.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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The miner delivered record first-half earnings of $10.5 billion, up 72% from a year earlier, while increasing both its dividend payout and share buybacks, as investors had craved.
BHP Finds Investors Hard to Please Andrew Peaple 2011
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Recovering from brain surgery and feeling completely weak physically, I craved different foods.
Jeannine Walston: Healing After My Second Awake Brain Tumor Surgery Jeannine Walston 2012
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But soon I found myself indulging on a cod fish piperade, an emulsion of cod mixed with red peppers, a sweet bite that craved a glass of wine.
Thei Zervaki: The Outstanding Food of the Basque Thei Zervaki 2011
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While his barn and other ranch improvements were still under construction he decided to build a ship and go sailing around the world — exploring, writing, adventuring — enjoying the "big moments of living" that he craved and that would give him still more material to write about.
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