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Hunger

//ˈhʌŋɡə//

Definitions

nounhungers

1
A need or compelling desire for food.
2
Any strong desire or need.
I have a hunger to win.

verbhungers · hungering · hungered

1
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.
2
To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.

Word Origin

From Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to...

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