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List of meaning for yearn

to have a deep desire for something or someone

hanker, long, yearn(verb)

desire strongly or persistently

ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish(verb)

have a desire for something or someone who is not present

"She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"

yearn(verb)

have affection for; feel tenderness for

to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy

yearned for a little house in the country

to have sympathy for

who wouldn't yearn over the poor little girl who fell and scraped her knee?

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