verb Download 🔗Share To long, have a strong desire (for something). Examples : "All I yearn for is a simple life." emotion mind soul Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically. Examples : "She would often yearn for her childhood summers spent at the lake, filled with endless sunshine and carefree laughter. " emotion mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone). Examples : "He yearned for his grandmother's warm hugs and stories. " emotion human mind character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. Examples : "After losing her grandmother, Sarah yearned for the comforting presence of her loved ones. " emotion mind suffering Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To curdle, as milk. Examples : "The milk in the refrigerator had yearned, and it was no longer suitable for drinking. " food chemistry process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Yearning; yen. Examples : "1917 August 12, "A YEARN FOR PEACE; Pan-Germanism Denounced" Sunday Times (Perth, WA) p.1" mind soul emotion Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading