yearn

🇺🇸 /jɜːrn/ 🇬🇧 /jɜːn/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000
verb
R

to want something very much

She would yearn for her family when she was far from home.

translation

v. to want something very much

Word Forms

3rd Present yearns
Past yearned
Perfect yearned
Progressive yearning