'Hunger' definitions:
Definition of 'hunger'
(from WordNet)
noun
A physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation [syn: hunger, hungriness]
noun
Strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection" [syn: hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness]
verb
Feel the need to eat
verb
verb
Definition of 'Hunger'
From: GCIDE
- Hunger \Hun"ger\, v. t. To make hungry; to famish. Hunger-bit
Definition of 'Hunger'
From: GCIDE
- Hunger \Hun"ger\, n. [AS. hungor; akin to OFries. hunger, D. honger, OS. & OHG. hungar, G. hunger, Icel. hungr, Sw. & Dan. hunger, Goth. h?hrus hunger, huggrjan to hunger.]
- 1. An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The sensation of hunger is usually referred to the stomach, but is probably dependent on excitation of the sensory nerves, both of the stomach and intestines, and perhaps also on indirect impressions from other organs, more or less exhausted from lack of nutriment. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any strong eager desire. [1913 Webster]
- O sacred hunger of ambitious minds! --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- For hunger of my gold I die. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hunger'
From: GCIDE
- Hunger \Hun"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hungered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hungering.] [OE. hungren, AS. hyngrian. See Hunger, n.]
- 1. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have an eager desire; to long. [1913 Webster]
- Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteouness. --Matt. v. 6. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hunger'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ache,
- an universal wolf,
- appetence,
- appetency,
- appetite,
- appetition,
- aspire after,
- be ravenous,
- break bread,
- canine appetite,
- cannibalism,
- carnivorism,
- carnivority,
- carnivorousness,
- chewing,
- consumption,
- count calories,
- covet,
- coveting,
- crave,
- crave after,
- craving,
- crawl after,
- cropping,
- cupidity,
- deglutition,
- desire,
- devouring,
- devourment,
- diet,
- dieting,
- dining,
- drought,
- dryness,
- eat,
- eating,
- emptiness,
- empty stomach,
- epulation,
- eye hungrily,
- fall to,
- famine,
- fare,
- feasting,
- feed,
- feeding,
- feel hungry,
- gluttony,
- gobbling,
- grazing,
- hanker,
- hanker after,
- hankering,
- have a tapeworm,
- herbivorism,
- herbivority,
- herbivorousness,
- hollow hunger,
- hunger after,
- hunger for,
- hungriness,
- ingestion,
- itch,
- itching,
- licking,
- longing,
- lust,
- lust after,
- manducation,
- mania,
- mastication,
- messing,
- munching,
- nibbling,
- nutrition,
- omnivorism,
- omnivorousness,
- omophagy,
- pant after,
- pantophagy,
- partake,
- partake of,
- pasture,
- pasturing,
- pecking,
- pine,
- pitch in,
- polydipsia,
- prurience,
- pruriency,
- raven,
- ravenousness,
- regalement,
- relish,
- relishing,
- rumination,
- run mad after,
- savor,
- savoring,
- sexual desire,
- sigh,
- starvation,
- starve,
- stomach,
- sweet tooth,
- take,
- tapeworm,
- taste,
- tasting,
- thirst,
- thirst after,
- thirst for,
- thirstiness,
- torment of Tantalus,
- vegetarianism,
- voraciousness,
- voracity,
- want,
- wolfing,
- yearn,
- yearning,
- yen