Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
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Määritelmät
Verbi
- (intransitive, also, figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
- (specifically) To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
- Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
- (intransitive) Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
- Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk.
- (intransitive, dated) To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn.
- To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
- (transitive) Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.
- To make (cheese) from curdled milk.
- (transitive, archaic or poetic) To have a strong desire or longing (for something or to do something).
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause (someone) to have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc.; also, to grieve or pain (someone).
Substantiivi
- A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.
Esimerkit
- All I yearn for is a simple life.
- Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore.
- It would yearn your heart to see it.
- It yearns me not if men my garments wear.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | yearned |
| Imperfekti | yearned |
| Partisiipin preesens | yearning |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | yearns |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | yearneth (vanhahtava) |