lusting after

Verb

lust after (third-person singular simple present lusts after, present participle lusting after, simple past and past participle lusted after)

1. (transitive) To have strong sexual feelings or desires for someone with whom the individual is not in a relationship with.
   • He was lusting after the woman in the tight leather miniskirt.
2. (transitive, uncommon) To have a strong desire for something.
   • Yf the waye be to longe for the, ſo that thou art not able to carie it, becauſe the place is to farre from the whiche the Lorde thy God hath choſen to ſet his name there (for the Lorde thy God hath bleſſed the) then make it in money and take the money in thyne hande, and goo vnto the place which...1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC...