craveとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: krāv, IPA: /kɹeɪv/
• 韻: -eɪv

動詞

crave (third-person singular simple present craves, present participle craving, simple past and past participle craved)

1. (ambitransitive) 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, archaic or literary) To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority.

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

   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice‎, 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, act II scene ii:

     I crave your honour's pardon.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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 (first performance), 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, [Act II, scene i]:

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

派生語

名詞

crave (plural craves)

1. (Scots law) 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