Associations to the word «Yearn»
Noun
- Remembrance
- Skipper
- Warmth
- Suffering
- Heaven
- Repose
- Mina
- Ideal
- Breast
- Sunshine
- Gaze
- Flesh
- Nay
- Sigh
- Freedom
- Lip
- Tear
- Sake
- Woe
- Ambition
- Strife
- Beauty
- Weep
- Maiden
- Comrade
- Disappointment
- Errand
- Hearth
- Exile
- Distress
- Pleasure
- Burn
- Thirst
- Touch
- Remembering
- Pine
- Imagination
- Glory
- Despair
- Feel
- Limb
- Dream
- Fibre
- Er
- Emotion
- Youth
- Revelation
- Sight
- Goodness
- Something
- Life
- Childhood
- Gown
- Refuse
- Strap
- Reward
- Seeing
Adjective
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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.