present participle and gerund of yearn

A wistful or melancholy longing.

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

plural of yearning

Obsolete spelling of yarn

Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yearn

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

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

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.