HUNGER
\hˈʌŋɡə], \hˈʌŋɡə], \h_ˈʌ_ŋ_ɡ_ə]\
Definitions of HUNGER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
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a physiological need for food; the consequence of foood deprivation
By Princeton University
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have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
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a physiological need for food; the consequence of foood deprivation
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
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Any strong eager desire.
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To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
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To make hungry; to famish.
By Oddity Software
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An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
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Any strong eager desire.
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To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
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To make hungry; to famish.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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The necessity for taking food. Hunger is an internal sensation, which some authors have attributed to the friction between the sides of the stomach in its empty state; others, to the compression of the nerves, when the organ is contracted; others, to the action of the gastric juice, &c, It is dictated by the wants of the system: - farther we know not. See Appetite.
By Robley Dunglison