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hunger

hun·ger [ húng gər ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. need to eat: the need or desire for food

2. starvation: a lack of food leading to sickness or death
children dying of hunger

3. craving: a great need or desire for something
a hunger for knowledge



intransitive verb  (past and past participle hun·gered, present participle hun·ger·ing, 3rd person present singular hun·gers)
Definition:
 
crave: to feel a great need or desire for something

[ Old English hungur< Germanic]
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