Craveの例文や意味・使い方に関するQ&A

A: Wanting something so much / desperately

A: Crave is when you desire something, usually food. It basically mean when you really want something
I crave chocolates = I desire chocolates = I really want chocolates

A: need badly

A: A strong desire to eat something,

A: to really want something, or to have a great desire for something.

Ex: I was craving choclate, so I ate a whole candy bar.

A: Pregnant women are known to have cravings.
I’m craving chocolate right now.
You need to control your cravings.
He craves company.
I used to crave sweets all the time, but now I don’t really like them.
“to crave” is not used often. It us mainly used when talking about pregnancy and chocolate, but can be used for other things as well.

A: "Right now I'm really craving chocolate."

Crave is usually use when you really want to eat something such as chocolate or candy etc

A: I am craving Thai food right now, but I am not going to buy any because the Thai food in Japan just isn't the same! I am craving real Thai food that I can only get in Thailand.

I am getting a craving for ice cream but I shouldn't eat it because I am trying to lose weight.

A: Most common context for crave is food.

For example: I'm craving chocolate.

There are other ways to use crave

Such as; He craved victory.
Meaning he really wanted to win.

Crave just means you really want something.

A:
Quite different. You crave something that you really, really want (to eat, usually)!
e.g. I'm craving hot and spicy Doritos right now...

'Ask' is when you request something of someone. You ask a question, for a favour etc.

A: These words all have the same basic meaning. To get more detailed though, covet is often used to convey jealousy. Crave is a very intense longing, almost like something that you need to live (pregnant women have cravings, people crave attention). Long and desire are very similar since they’re both when you intensely want something.

A: I crave for ice cream

I desire ice cream


First one is more colloquial and other is more related to writing and narrating a boring story

A: do you also mean carve?
Because 'crave' means to want something. Carve means to cut something into a specific shape. To slice means to cut something in half with a knife.

A: "Desire" is like "want", but a bit more poetic.

"Crave" is like an addiction. Your body needs something. You can use it as a joke or metaphor too though.

"I'm craving chocolate right now"
"I haven't craved cigarettes for 3 weeks"

A: × I crave for traveling
✓ I crave traveling.

A: Sounds dramatic.

You could say “I crave fish”

Or

“My craving for fish is extreme.”

A: I'm craving you