CRAVING


Meaning of CRAVING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

satisfy sb's cravings (= satisfy a strong desire )

I needed to satisfy my cravings for chocolate.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

satisfy

The only supervision required is the kind that will keep the addict from going out and buying something to satisfy his craving .

Such acts, he said, only served envy and the ambition of enraged parties or satisfied the cravings of lust.

And some even skip normal meals to satisfy their craving for chocolate and crisps, a survey revealed yesterday.

Topaz clawed Andrew's back, silently begging him to satisfy the ravenous craving within her which was reaching unbearable proportions.

But such exposure has not satisfied Koons' craving for fame.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

slake a desire/craving etc

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

After a week without smoking, the craving began to disappear.

The symptoms include a craving for sweet foods.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Clara found her craving for the bizarre and the involved richly satisfied.

It is one of those salads that could cause frenzied cravings.

No morning sickness, no backache, no obscure cravings.

Such results may be explained by the hypothesis that serotonin is more responsible for regulating mood than for controlling alcohol cravings.

The result is that you feel full for longer and don't have the sweet cravings that can come with dieting.

The reward circuits generate cravings that impel an animal toward such things as eating, drinking, and procreating.

They tossed away their diet books and tried instead to eat according to their bodies' own advice: hunger and cravings.

This leads on to a dramatic low and a severe craving for another dose of the stuff.

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