yearns

verb

SayYURNZUS/jɝnz/UK/jɜːnz/

1 meaning of yearns

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verb
Third-person singular simple present of yearn.
My son yearns for a puppy and asks for one every day.
She yearns to travel the world after she finishes college.

yearns is a form of yearn

yearn, verb: To have a strong desire or longing for something, often something absent, lost, or belonging to the past, or to want very much to do something. Full entry

Forms: yearnyearns he/she/ityearning -ing formyearned past tense, past participle
Spelling: yearn → yearns: add -s
Sound: The ending sounds like /z/.

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