longing

«longing» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong wish for something you want very much — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (longings)

meaning for a pupil

A longing is a strong wish for something you want very much. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a deep wish or desire that someone feels in the heart, as in «a longing for home».

examples

• She had a longing for the sea. tree →
• His longing for home grew each day. tree →
• I felt a longing to see my friends. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• As the swallows chatter about the South, something new wakes up in the Rat: a longing to go too.
• And the soul of king David failed with longing for Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
• For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.
• My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «longing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.