yearn

«yearn» in Mova's school dictionary: to want something very much, often for a long time and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (yearn, yearns, yearned or yearnt, yearning)

meaning for a pupil

To yearn is to want something very much, often for a long time and with a sad or aching feeling; to yearn for home or to yearn to fly. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a hero or animal longs deeply for something far away or out of reach

examples

• The boy yearned to see the sea. tree →
• She yearned for her old home. tree →
• He yearned to fly above the trees. tree →
• Many children yearn for a pet of their own. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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