Longing

/ˈlɒŋɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of long.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of long
2. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
3. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.

Example Sentences

all natural lovings and longings

For round the valley a great desert lies through which no common traveller may come, but those whom the gods have chosen feel suddenly a great longing at heart, and crossing the mountains that divide the desert from the world, set out across it driven by the gods, […]

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• longings

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