Sekirov Dictionary

yearn

UK /jɜːn/US /jɝn/

verb12

  1. To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
  2. To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
  3. To have a strong desire or longing (for something or to do something).
  4. Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
  5. Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.
  6. (old-fashioned) To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone.
  7. (Scotland, Northern-England) Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
  8. (Scotland, Northern-England) Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk.
  9. (Scotland, Northern-England) To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
  10. (Scotland, Northern-England) To make (cheese) from curdled milk.
  11. (no longer used) To be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn.
  12. (no longer used) To cause (someone) to have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc.; also, to grieve or pain (someone).

noun1

  1. A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.
forms

yearned · yearnt · yearnedst · yearning · yearneth · yearns · yearnest

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