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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
a habit, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addictedness, addiction, alcoholism, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, an universal wolf, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, athirst, barbiturate addiction, barbiturism, chain smoking, chronic alcoholism, cocainism, consumed with desire, coveting, crash, dependence, devoured by desire, dipsomania, drug addiction, drug culture, drug dependence, fervid, habituation, hunger, hungering, hungry, itch, itching, lust, mad with lust, mania, nicotine addiction, passion, physical dependence, prurience, pruriency, prurient, psychological dependence, sexual desire, thirst, thirsting, thirsty, tolerance, urge, withdrawal sickness, withdrawal symptoms
Dictionary Results for craving:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
craving
    n 1: an intense desire for some particular thing

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Crave \Crave\ (kr[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craved
   (kr[=a]vd); p pr. & vb. n. Craving.] [AS. crafian; akin to
   Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.]
   1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with
      submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to
      implore.
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            I crave your honor's pardon.          --Shak.
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            Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved
            the body of Jesus.                    --Mark xv. 43.
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   2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to
      require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
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            His path is one that eminently craves weary walking.
                                                  --Edmund
                                                  Gurney.

   Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit;
        request; supplicate; adjure.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Craving \Crav"ing\ (-?ng), n.
   Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
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         A succession of cravings and satiety.    --L'Estrange.
   -- Crav"ing*ly, adv. -- Crav"ing*ness, n.
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