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fiend

/ˈfiːnd/ verb C2
  1. To yearn; to be desperate. (intransitive, slang)

He/she/it fiends · Past fiended · Past participle fiended · -ing form fiending

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Verb forms

Base form
fiend
He/she/it
fiends
Past
fiended
Past participle
fiended
-ing form
fiending

From the library

"A fiend!
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 63 · B2
A fiend!
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 63 · B2
I could not see honest Bob Ferguson in the character of fiend or devil.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 63 · B2
“You fiend!” he kept on muttering.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 24 · C1

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