To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
An object of an ardent desire.
A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
To study or approach superficially; to dabble in.
To talk superficially; to babble, chatter.
To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.
To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.
A smattering (small number or amount).
A smattering (superficial knowledge).