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long2
- pronunciation:
- lawng
[or]
lang
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
longed, longing, longs |
| definition: |
to yearn or desire (often fol. by for).
I long for a vacation.The soldiers longed for their wives and families.- synonyms:
- crave, hunger, pine, thirst, yearn
- similar words:
- ache, aspire, desiderate, desire, die, hanker, hope, lust, pant, sigh, want, wish, yen
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| related words: |
burn, care, hunger, languish, thirst |
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