Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A strong desire or need for food.
- noun The discomfort, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged lack of food.
- noun A strong desire or craving.
- intransitive verb To have a need or desire for food.
- intransitive verb To have a strong desire or craving.
- intransitive verb To cause to experience hunger; make hungry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To feel the uneasiness or longing which is occasioned by long abstinence from food; crave food.
- Hence To have an eager desire; long.
- To starve.
- noun An uneasy or painful sensation occasioned by the want of food; craving appetite.
- noun Hence Any strong or eager desire.
- noun A famine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make hungry; to famish.
- noun An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
- noun Any strong eager desire.
- intransitive verb To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
- intransitive verb To have an eager desire; to long.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To be in
need offood . - verb figuratively To have a desire for.
- verb archaic To make hungry; to
famish . - noun A
need or compellingdesire offood . - noun by extension Any strong desire.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun strong desire for something (not food or drink)
- verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- verb be hungry; go without food
- noun a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
- verb feel the need to eat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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That not being satifactory, they just eliminated the the term hunger from their reports and replaced it with low food security.
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Often, this hunger is at odds with the best food choices.
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That change brings about sensory disturbances in our body which are not unpleasant in moderation, which we call hunger, thirst and fatigue.
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In all likelihood, the number of hungry is less than a one billion, depending on your definition of hunger, which is not to be confused with malnutrition you can be malnourished and not hungry since hunger is technically a measure of caloric intake.
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Dr. Mary Flynn, a nutritionist at Brown University, says the rate of obesity is higher in the low-income population because of what she calls the hunger/obesity paradox.
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I'm sweating like crazy and my tummy is screaming at me (what I call hunger pangs), I think it
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Now, that "hunger" is clearer to our eyes, because of this "connection" worldwide - the net.
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I think we are misguided in our search for happiness, and the real hunger is for a sense of well-being.
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I think we are misguided in our search for happiness, and the real hunger is for a sense of well-being.
brobbins commented on the word hunger
lack of knowledge
July 24, 2009
Louises commented on the word hunger
It was a relief, the hunger, its refusal to negotiate, something solid to hold onto in the uncertainty. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
March 28, 2012
Louises commented on the word hunger
The hunger in its vicious simplicity, teaches you how to be a werewolf.
April 1, 2012