Sekirov Dictionary

hunger

UK /ˈhʌŋɡə/US /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/

noun 2
verb 3
forms 5
phrases 2

noun2

the feeling of needing or strongly wanting to eat
•
Any strong desire or need.
- I have a hunger to win.

verb3

•
To be in need of food.
- Therefore if thine enemie hunger, feed him: if he thirst, giue him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head. — 1611
•
(figurative) To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
- I hungered for your love.
(no longer used) To make hungry; to famish.

forms

hungered · hungering · hungereth · hungers · hungerest

Phrases with hunger

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