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Hunger : (noun)
1: a physiological need for food; the consequence of foood
deprivation [syn: hungriness]
2: strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst
for knowledge"; "hunger for affection" [syn: thirst]
(verb)
1: feel the need to eat
2: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn: crave,
thirst, starve, lust]
3: be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" [syn:
starve, famish] [ant: be full]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
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.
2. Any strong eager desire.
O sacred hunger of ambitious minds! --Spenser.
For hunger of my gold I die. --Dryden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
2. To have an eager desire; to long.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteouness. --Matt. v. 6.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Hunger : \Hun"ger\, v. t.
To make hungry; to famish.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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HUNGER. The desire for taking food.Hunger : is no excuse for larceny. 1 Hale,
P. C. 54; 4 Bl. Com. 31. But it is a matter which applies itself strongly to
the consciences of the judges in mitigation of the punishment.
2. When a person has died, and it is suspected he has been starved to
death, an examination of his body ought to be made, to ascertain whether or
not he died of hunger. The signs which usually attend death from hunger are
the following: The body is much emaciated, and a foetid, acrid odor exhales
from it, although death may have been very recent. The eyes are red and
open, which is not usual in other causes of death. The tongue and throat are
dry, even to aridity, and the stomach and intestines are contracted and
empty. The gall bladder is pressed with bile, and this fluid is found
scattered over the stomach and intestines, so as to tinge them very
extensively. The lungs are withered, but all the other organs are generally
in a healthy state. The blood vessels are usually empty. Foder‚, tom. ii. p.
276, tom. iii. p. 231; 2 Beck's Med. Jur. 52; see Eunom. Dial. 2, Sec. 47,
p. 142, and the note at p. 384.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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