Russian-English translations for жаждать

• crave
  to crave for peace
  I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end
• hunger
  I have a hunger to win.
  I hungered for your love
• Jones
• languish
  He languished without his girlfriend
  He languished in prison for years
  The case languished for years before coming to trial
• thirst
  a thirst for gold
  I thirst for knowledge and education will sate me
• thirst after
• thirst for
• yearn
  All I yearn for is a simple life.