Lexic.us

Definition of Yearn

1. Verb. Desire strongly or persistently. "They yearn to move "

2. Verb. Have a desire for something or someone who is not present. ; "I am pining for my lover"

3. Verb. Have affection for; feel tenderness for.

Definition of Yearn

1. v. t. To pain; to grieve; to vex.

2. v. i. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

3. v. i. & t. To curdle, as milk.

4. v. i. To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.

5. v. t. To pain; to grieve; to vex.

6. v. i. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

7. v. i. & t. To curdle, as milk.

8. v. i. To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.

Definition of Yearn

1. Verb. (intransitive construed with '''for''') To long, have a strong desire (for something). ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive construed with '''for''') To long back with melancholy, nostalgically ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Yearn

1. to have a strong or deep desire [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Yearn

1. To pain; to grieve; to vex. "She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it." "It yearns me not if men my garments wear." (Shak) Origin: Also earn, ern; probably a corruption of OE. Ermen to grieve, AS. Ierman, yrman, or geierman, geyrman, fr. Earm wretched, poor; akin to D. & G. Arm, Icel. Armr, Goth. Arms. The y- in English is perhaps due to the AS. Ge. To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager. "Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother; and he sought where to weep." (Gen. Xliii. 30) "Your mother's heart yearns towards you." (Addison) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Yearn

yeared yearend yearends yeares yearful yearfuls yearhundred yearhundreds yearlies yearling

yearlings yearlong yearly yearman yearmen yearn (current term) yearne yearned yearned-for yearner

yearners yearnful yearnfully yearning yearningly yearnings yearns yearnsome yearny years

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