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To long, have a strong desire (for something).

Example: All I yearn for is a simple life.

To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.

To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).

To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

To curdle, as milk.

A wistful or melancholy longing.

Example: She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.

Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).