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
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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
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A sensation occasioned by the want of food; desire for food; any strong desire.
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To long for; to famish.
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To feel the uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to crave food.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The uneasy sensation caused by want of food; desire for food; any eager or violent desire.
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To feel the pain of hunger; to long for; to crave food.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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
