Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yearn

A wistful or melancholy longing.

present participle and gerund of yearn

(Scotland, archaic) rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).

(intransitive, also figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.

Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process. / Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk. / To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process. / To make (cheese) from curdled milk.

simple past tense and past participle of yearn

plural of yearning

Obsolete spelling of yarn