yearning
/ˈjɜːnɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To long, have a strong desire (for something).
- To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
- To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
- To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
- To pain; to grieve; to vex.
- To curdle, as milk.
- A wistful or melancholy longing.
- Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).
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