Yearn

Definition of yearn:

part of speech: verb

To feel a longing, or extreme tenderness.

part of speech: adverb

YEARNINGLY.

part of speech: verb

To feel an earnest desire; wish with eager longing.

Usage examples for yearn:

• But your blamed old tractor gives me a durned lot more substance than I yearn for. "The Desert Fiddler", William H. Hamby.

• Then blow, ye winds, for my swift return; Let the tempest roar o'er the main; Let the billows yearn and the lightning burn; They will hasten me home again. "The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems", H. L. Gordon.

• You cannot yearn towards cruelty and woe, for you have aided and protected me! "Antonina", Wilkie Collins.

• I yearn to go back there. "The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly", Charles James Lever.