craveとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: krāv, IPA^(key): /kɹeɪv/
• 韻: -eɪv

動詞

crave (三人称単数 現在形 craves, 現在分詞 craving, 過去形および過去分詞形 craved)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

   to crave for peace

   to crave after wealth

   to crave drugs

2. (transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.

   I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.

   • c. 1596-97,, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice‎^[1], Act IV scene i:

     My deeds upon my head! I crave the law,
     The penalty and forfeit of my bond.

   • c. 1603-04,, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure‎^[2], Act II scene ii:

     I crave your honour's pardon.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Mark 15:43:

     Joseph […] went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:

     It is the bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves wary walking

派生語

• craving
• cravingly
• cravingness

名詞

crave (複数形 craves)

1. (law, Scotland) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

参照

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, s. v. “*krabēn-” and “*krēbi-”.

アナグラム

• Caver, carve, caver, varec