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1. (n.) hunger
a compelling need or desire for food.
2. hunger
the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need of food:
to collapse from hunger.
3. hunger
a shortage of food; famine.
4. hunger
a strong or compelling desire or craving; lust:
a hunger for power.
5. (v.i.) hunger
to feel hunger; be hungry.
6. hunger
to have a strong desire.
7. (v.t.) hunger
to subject to hunger; starve.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE hungor, c. OS, OHG hungar, ON hungr; akin to Go huhrus)
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| Definition of 'hunger' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hunger, hungriness
a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
2. (verb) hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness
strong desire for something (not food or drink)
"a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection"
3. (verb) hunger
feel the need to eat
4. (verb) crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
5. (verb) starve, hunger, famish
be hungry; go without food
"Let's eat--I'm starving!"
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1. (noun) hunger
the state of being without food for long periods
the problem of hunger in developing countries
2. hunger
the feeling of needing to eat
a light meal to satisfy your hunger
3. hunger
a strong desire
her hunger for fame
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| Definition of 'hunger' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hunger
an uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food
2. (noun) hunger
any strong eager desire
3. (noun) hunger
to feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger
4. (noun) hunger
to have an eager desire; to long
5. (verb) hunger
to make hungry; to famish
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| Definition of 'hunger' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. hunger
The desire for FOOD generated by a sensation arising from the lack of food in the STOMACH.
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Sense: the desire for food
A cheese roll won't satisfy my hunger.
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 Afrikaans: honger |
 Arabic: جوع |
 Bulgarian: глад |
 Brazilian: fome |
 Czech: hlad |
 German: der Hunger |
 Danish: sult |
 Greek: πείνα |
 Spanish: hambre |
 Estonian: isu |
 Farsi: گرسنگي |
 Finnish: nälkä |
 French: faim |
 Hebrew: רָעָב |
 Hindi: भूख |
 Croatian: glad |
 Hungarian: éhség |
 Indonesian: rasa lapar |
 Icelandic: hungur, svengd |
 Italian: fame |
 Japanese: 空腹 |
 Korean: 굶주림 |
 Lithuanian: alkis |
 Latvian: izsalkums |
 Malay: kelaparan |
 Dutch: honger |
 Norwegian: sult |
 Polish: głód |
 Persian: گرسنگي |
 Pashto: ولږه |
 Portuguese: fome |
 Romanian: foame |
 Russian: голод |
 Slovak: hlad |
 Slovenian: lakota |
 Serbian: glad |
 Swedish: hunger |
 Thai: ความหิว |
 Turkish: açlık |
 Taiwanese: 食慾 |
 Ukrainian: голод |
 Urdu: بھوک |
 Vietnamese: tình trạng đói |
 Chinese: 食欲 |
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