n. 25B6; noun
a desire to see the world : WISH, want, aspiration, fancy, inclination, impulse; yearning, longing, craving, hankering, hunger; eagerness, enthusiasm, determination; informal yen, itch.
his eyes glittered with desire : LUST, sexual attraction, passion, sensuality, sexuality; lasciviousness, lechery, salaciousness, libidinousness; informal the hots, raunchiness, horniness; Brit. informal randiness.
25B6; verb
they desired peace : WANT, wish for, long for, yearn for, crave, hanker after, be desperate for, be bent on, covet, aspire to; fancy; informal have a yen for, yen for.
she desired him : BE ATTRACTED TO, lust after, burn for, be infatuated by; informal fancy, have the hots for, have a crush on, be mad about.