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HANKER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Desire strongly or persistently

Synonyms:

hanker; long; yearn

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "hanker" is one way to...):

desire; want (feel or have a desire for; want strongly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hanker"):

ache; languish; pine; yearn; yen (have a desire for something or someone who is not present)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They hanker to move

Derivation:

hankering (a yearning for something or to do something)

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