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▸ verb:  (intransitive, also figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
▸ verb:  (specifically) To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, dated) To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn.
▸ verb:  (transitive) Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.
▸ verb:  (transitive, archaic or poetic) To have a strong desire or longing (for something or to do something).
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To cause (someone) to have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc.; also, to grieve or pain (someone).
▸ noun:  A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.
▸ verb:  (Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)
▸ verb:  Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
▸ verb:  Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk.
▸ verb:  (Northern England, Scotland, transitive)
▸ verb:  To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
▸ verb:  To make (cheese) from curdled milk.

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