yearn

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Synonyms: learn, yarn, earn, dearn, year, years, yern, yeard, yeare, yean, yeara

Antonyms: learn, yarn, earn, dearn, year, years, yern, yeard, yeare, yean, yeara

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Verb

1. To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
   • All I yearn for is a simple life.
2. To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
3. Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
4. To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone.
5. To be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn.
6. Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.
7. To have a strong desire or longing (for something or to do something).
8. To cause (someone) to have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc.; also, to grieve or pain (someone).

Noun

1. A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.

Verb

1. Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
2. Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
3. Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk.
4. To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process. To make (cheese) from curdled milk.
5. To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
6. To make (cheese) from curdled milk.

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