hanker+after
11hanker — /ˈhæŋkə / (say hangkuh) verb (t) 1. to have the desire (to do something): to hanker to go back home. –phrase 2. hanker after (or for), to have a restless or incessant longing for: to hanker after freedom. {17th century; compare Flemish hankeren}… …
12hanker — han|ker [ hæŋkər ] verb intransitive INFORMAL to have a strong feeling of wanting something: hanker after/for: She had always hankered after thick curly hair. hanker to do something: He hankered to revisit his childhood home …
13hanker — [[t]hæ̱ŋkə(r)[/t]] hankers, hankering, hankered VERB If you hanker after something, you want it very much. [V after/for n] In 1969 I hankered after a floor length brown suede coat. [Also V to inf] …
14hanker — verb hanker after/for phrasal verb (T) to secretly feel that you want something, over a long period: Lucy had always hankered after a place of her own …
15hanker — v Usu. hanker after or for long for, yearn for, itch for, hunger for, thirst for, pant for, lust for, Sl. lech after, Inf. yen for, wish for; crave, desire, covet, want, want with all one s heart, set one s heart on, want in the worst way, pine… …
16after — prep., conj., adv., & adj. prep. 1 a following in time; later than (after six months; after midnight; day after day). b US in specifying time (a quarter after eight). 2 (with causal force) in view of (something that happened shortly before)… …
17hanker — verb (hanker after/for/to do something) feel a desire for or to do something. Derivatives hankerer noun Origin C17: prob. related to hang …
18hanker — [haŋ′kər] vi. [Early ModE, prob. < Du or LowG source, as in Fl hankeren, to desire, long for, Du hunkeren, freq. formation & metaphoric extension < base of HANG] to crave, long, or yearn: followed by after, for, or an infinitive …
19hanker — Synonyms and related words: ache, covet, crave, desire, fancy, hunger, hunger after, hunger for, itch for, long for, lust, lust after, lust for, pine, pine for, sigh, thirst, thirst after, thirst for, want, wish, yearn, yearn for, yen …
20hanker — verb ADVERB ▪ secretly ▪ always ▪ still PREPOSITION ▪ after ▪ She s always hankering after excitement …
