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    [Noun]  | "yearn*ing" | \ ˈyər-niŋ \


    1: a tender or urgent longing


    Origin: before 12th century ;

    [Verb]  | "yearn" | \ ˈyərn \


    1: to long persistently, wistfully, or sadly

    2: to feel tenderness or compassion


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English yernen, from Old English giernan; akin to Old High German gerōn to desire, Latin hortari to urge, encourage, Greek chairein to rejoice;

    [Verb]  | "yearning" 


    [Verb]  | "yearn (for)" 


    1: to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy;


      * e.g., " ... yearned for a little house in the country "



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    [Verb]  | "yearn (over)" 


    1: to have sympathy for;


      * e.g., " ... who wouldn't yearn over the poor little girl who fell and scraped her knee? "



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    [Noun]  | "yearning" 


    1: a strong wish for something;


      * e.g., " ... had a sudden yearning for something sweet "



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     [ "yearning" ]

    1: A heartfelt and painful longing for something or someone.

      * e.g.,  ... Her yearning for her dead husband brought her to the verge of tears. 

     [ "yearn" ]

    1: to long for, to crave

      * e.g.,  ... I yearn. I sit home, and I yearn. Have you ever yearned? 

     [ "lovers yearning" ]

    1: A longing between two people in love with each other. The overwhelming urge to hear, touch, or see one another. An emotional and/or physical desire to be with the one you love.

      * e.g.,  ... She exhibits a lovers yearning towards him. 

     [ "Lesbian yearning" ]

    1: Is when a lesbian craves a girl so deeply that she would do anything for her

      * e.g.,  ... Ex: Ellie Chu is lesbian yearning for Aster Flores 

     [ "urn yearning" ]

    1: An office game involving industrial kettles and masturbation. The aim of the game is to enter the office kitchen when no one's about and nut one out into the giant kettle, or urn, which dispenses boiling water for tasty warm beverages, without getting caught.

      * e.g.,  ... Jones: Why are you clearing your desk? 


     [ "urn yearning" ]

    2: If you succeed, you gain the satisfaction of knowing people are supping on your jizz, and the respect of your co-workers who are also in on the game. If you fail, you are probably fired.

      * e.g.,  ... Gorman: I got caught urn yearning again. 

     [ "Suburban Yearning" ]

    1: A black person's sexual attraction to a nerdy white person. Reverse Jungle Fever.

      * e.g.,  ... Tyrone: Where Jamal at? 

     [ "cinematic yearning" ]

    1: The need to know what's happening in a movie before it happens

      * e.g.,  ... Jill: "what is happening...... I don't understand what's going on..... What is he doing....???" Jack: "wait fifteen minutes and you will find out.... I don't even know what's happening..... Your cinematic yearning name is driving me crazy" 

     [ "Yearn" ]

    1: When your too white to say nigga.

      * e.g.,  ... Fuck nah yearn. 

     [ "yearning for a burning" ]

    1: when a girl really wants to get fucked. also see jonesing for a bonesing and teasing for a pleasing

      * e.g.,  ... man that girl over there is totally yearning for a burning 

     [ "Watch and yearn" ]

    1: A variation of the common phrase "watch and learn", used when demonstrating an action so difficult and skillful that viewers would never be able to "learn" how to do it, simply "yearn" to one day be able to pull off such an act.

      * e.g.,  ... Jonathan Ross: Oit Russ, that Katy Perry bird is lookin' mightly fine tonight. If only I'd shacked up wiv someone that looked like that..... Russel Brand: Watch and yearn, Jonathan, watch and yearn..... I saw Chris Brown pullin' off some bangin' moves the other day at that MTV concert. I could but watch and yearn. 

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