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Meaning of yearn

verb

To long, have a strong desire (for something). Example: All I yearn for is a simple life.
To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
To pain; to grieve; to vex.

verb

To curdle, as milk.

noun

Yearning; yen. Example: 1917 August 12, "A YEARN FOR PEACE; Pan-Germanism Denounced" Sunday Times (Perth, WA) p.1

Source: Free Dictionary API.

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