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craving

noun
/ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing.

  1. inherited from crafing
  2. inherited from cravinge

Definitions

  1. A strong desire

    A strong desire; yearning.

    • [W]e contrived to satisfy the cravings of thirst by suffering the shirts to become saturated, and then wringing them so as to let the grateful fluid trickle into our mouths.
    • The craving for cuteness is a psychological phenomenon that originally had the purpose of increasing the chances of a baby to survive […]
    • The list of potential victories you could achieve with your reset is long, and it includes a fafillion wins that have nothing to do with the scale: Fewer blemishes. Thicker hair. Less join pain. Reduced cravings. No midday energy slump.

  2. present participle and gerund of crave

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at craving. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at craving. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at craving

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA