D defs.my
Menu ☰
Entry 4 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Yearn

/(yẽrn)/ · IPA /jɝn/
01 v. t. To pain; to grieve; to vex.
imp. & p. p. Yearned; p. pr. & vb. n. Yearning
  1. 1.
    To pain; to grieve; to vex.[Obs.]
    “It yearns me not if men my garments wear.” — Shak.
02 v. i. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
  1. 1.
    To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.[Obs.]
03 v. i. & t. To curdle, as milk.
  1. 1.
    To curdle, as milk.[Scot.]
04 v. i. To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions o…
  1. 1.
    To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.
    “Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother; and he sought where to weep.” — Gen. xliii. 30.
    “Your mother's heart yearns towards you.” — Addison.