1. feel a powerful desire for (something): "a program to give the infants the human touch they crave"
▪ beg for (something):"I must crave your indulgence"
Word OriginOld Englishcrafian (in the sense ‘demand, claim as a right’), of Germanic origin; related to Swedish kräva, Danish kræve ‘demand’. The current sense dates from late Middle English.