hunger
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gər noun
1.
a compelling need or desire for food.
2.
the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need of food: to collapse from hunger.
3.
a shortage of food; famine.
4.
a strong or compelling desire or craving: hunger for power.
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verb (used with object)
Idioms 7.
Rare. to subject to hunger; starve.
8.
from hunger, Slang. deplorably bad; dreadful: The styles in coats this winter are from hunger. Also, strictly from hunger.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English hungor; cognate with German Hunger
before 900; Middle English; Old English hungor; cognate with German Hunger
Related forms
hun·ger·ing·ly, adverb
half-hun·gered, adjective
pre·hun·ger, noun
Synonyms
4. appetite, greed, lust, itch.
4. appetite, greed, lust, itch.
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hunger (ˈhʌŋɡə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a feeling of pain, emptiness, or weakness induced by lack of food |
| 2. | an appetite, desire, need, or craving: hunger for a woman |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to have or cause to have a need or craving for food |
| 4. | (intr; |
| [Old English hungor; related to Old High German hungar, Old Norse hungr, Gothic hūhrus] | |
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Word Origin & History
hunger
O.E. hungor "unease or pain caused by lack of food, craving appetite, debility from lack of food," from P.Gmc. *khungrus (cf. O.H.G. hungar, O.N. hungr, Ger. hunger, Du. honger, Goth. huhrus), probably from PIE base *kenk- "to burn, be dry, pain." Hungry is O.E. hungrig.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
hunger hun·ger (hŭng'gər)
n.
A strong desire or need for food.
The discomfort, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged lack of food.
A strong desire or craving, as for affection.
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Example sentences
There are plenty of reasons to worry about food: uncertain politics, volatile prices, hunger amid plenty.
Hunger is not a function of simple supply and demand, but population size matched to productive potential of food and water.
And growing economic pressure globally to produce biofuels rather than food may mean that hunger will not be erased anytime soon.
General information and resources on hunger and food security scroll down this page.
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