Associations to the word «Yearn»

Wiktionary

YEARN, verb. (intransitive) (construed with for) To long, have a strong desire (for something).
YEARN, verb. (intransitive) (construed with for) To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically
YEARN, verb. (intransitive) To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
YEARN, verb. (transitive) To pain; to grieve; to vex.
YEARN, verb. (Scotland) To curdle, as milk.

Dictionary definition

YEARN, verb. Desire strongly or persistently.
YEARN, 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.

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad