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western | yearns |

As an adjective western

is of, situated in, or related to the west.

As a noun western

is a film, novel, or other work of a certain genre dealing with the american old west.

As a verb yearns is

(yearn).

western

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
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  • (of a wind) Blowing from the west; westerly.
  • Occidental.
  • * '>citation
  • Japanese is traditionally written downwards (tategaki'') and you begin reading from the top right of a page. This means that books are opened from what we would consider to be the back. Nowadays, however, books, newspapers and magazines are often written western''' style, in horizontal lines (''yokogaki'') from left to right and, in these cases, the book is opened from our (' western ) understanding of the front.

    Derived terms

    * westerner

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic American West (west of the Mississippi river) typically focusing on a cowboys vs. Indians conflict (real or imaginary).
  • See also

    * northern * eastern * southern * north-eastern * south-eastern * south-western * north-western English adjectives ending in -en ----

    yearns

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (yearn)
  • Anagrams

    * *

    yearn

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) giernan, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To long, have a strong desire (for something).
  • * All I yearn for is a simple life.
  • To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically
  • To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore.
  • To pain; to grieve; to vex.
  • * Shakespeare
  • It would yearn your heart to see it.
  • * Shakespeare
  • It yearns me not if men my garments wear.
    Derived terms
    () * yearner * yearnful * yearnly * yearning * yearnsome * yearny

    Etymology 2

    See .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) To curdle, as milk.
  • Anagrams

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