1. (v. t.) To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.

2. (v. t.) To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.

3. (v. i.) To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.