hunger1 nounhunger2 verb
hungerhun‧ger1 /ˈhʌŋɡə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun 
WORD ORIGINhunger1
Origin:
Old English hungorEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- If you do feel hunger pangs, nibble on carrot, celery, or cucumber sticks.
- Many people could die from cold and hunger this winter as the war continues.
- Many slimming diets don't provide enough calories to satisfy hunger.
- The baby screamed with hunger.
- The slum-dwellers suffer from poverty, hunger, and disease.
- Try to satisfy your hunger with raw veggies and fruit.
- Weak with hunger, she staggered up to the cabin door.
- For example, boiled potatoes satisfied hunger seven times better than croissants.
- It broke out of its tea-party and caste-system mold on Saturday, rewarding hunger and perseverance, as well as graceful artistry.
- My hunger became so great my legs shook.
Longman Language Activatorwhen people are ill or dying because of not having enough food
· Many people could die from cold and hunger this winter as the war continues.· The slum-dwellers suffer from poverty, hunger, and disease.weak with/from hunger · Weak with hunger, she staggered up to the cabin door.
suffering or death caused by not having enough food to eat: · The survivors were close to starvation when they were rescued.· A global fall in the price of rice spread hardship and even starvation to many parts of Indochina.die of starvation: · 30 million people die of starvation each year.brink of starvation (=almost dying because of not having enough food): · Thousands of refugees are on the brink of starvation in camps south of the capital.
bad health caused by not eating enough food or by not eating enough of the right kinds of food: · Many of the children showed signs of malnutrition.· A survey of US households found evidence of malnutrition in those persons with the lowest incomes.
a situation in which a large number of people in a country or area are very hungry and many die because the crops of rice, wheat etc have failed: · Millions of people in Africa continue to die because of war and famine.· The four-year drought has caused widespread famine across Afghanistan.
the feeling you have when you are hungry the feeling you have when you have eaten very little food: · The baby screamed with hunger.· Many slimming diets don't provide enough calories to satisfy hunger.hunger pangs (=the uncomfortable feelings in your stomach that tell you are very hungry): · If you do feel hunger pangs, nibble on carrot, celery, or cucumber sticks.
the feeling of wanting to eat when you have not eaten for some time - use this especially when someone does not have their normal desire to eat, for example when they are ill: · How's his appetite? Is he getting enough to eat?good/healthy/big appetite (=desire to eat a lot): · She must be growing; she's got a big appetite right now.spoil/ruin your appetite (=make you not want to eat a meal): · Don't eat any cake now. You'll spoil your appetite.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Thousands of people are dying from hunger every day. A total of 300 students occupied the building and over 50 went on hunger strike. hunger pangs She brought some fruit on the journey to stave off hunger. Nina was weak with hunger.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
Thousands of people are dying from hunger every day. (=sudden feelings of being hungry)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES A total of 300 students occupied the building and over 50 went on hunger strike. hunger pangs· They don't get enough food to satisfy their appetite.
She brought some fruit on the journey to stave off hunger. Nina was weak with hunger.· I was weak with hunger but I had a knife and I could still move round the city.· By this time, she was too weak from hunger and thirst to call to him from the window.
NOUN· Moreover, peasant land hunger grew ever more acute as the population swelled.· Before 1914, neither peasant land hunger nor working-class militancy were abating.· It can not be understood without reference to the growing land hunger and militancy of millions of peasants.· At the same time land prices soared in response to peasant land hunger, and the option of selling became increasingly attractive.· Congestion and land hunger were particularly acute in Lewis, because of the rapid population increase.
· She was cold and unwashed and hunger pangs were beginning to gnaw again.· All those cups of tea do add up and the fridge is always there ready to beckon when a hunger pang lingers.· The Harpy is magically kept alive, but suffers agonizing hunger pangs and is in constant pain.
· Brady collapsed on Boxing Day, three months into a hunger strike in protest at his transfer to a tougher ward.· She was imprisoned in Walton gaol, went on hunger strike, and was force-fed eight times before her release.· University students went on strike, including a hunger strike at Shkodër University.· On a couple of occasions, Brian had contemplated a hunger strike.· Her old tutor is horrified, but her husband says he supports the hunger strike -- even if it claims her life.· One judge began a hunger strike in protest.· For instance, when the political prisoners staged their hunger strike during the Pope's visit, we broadcast their demands.
· Rather, they said, it was the imminent death of the hunger strikers that stepped up the political pressure this week.· There are various manifestos: many of the hunger strikers have put up their own, alongside Angela Kunze's.· When hunger striker Bobby Sands was buried in May 1981, 50, 000 people attended his funeral.· Let us hope it does so before more hunger strikers die.· A boycott of classes also began in support of the hunger strikers.· The health of some of the hunger strikers was reported on May 31 to be precarious.· Some stop to talk to the hunger strikers.
· The majority of researchers and theorists are driven by the huge opportunities they see for alleviating world hunger and disease.· Species not yet discovered could hold the answer to world hunger.· Set up in 1999 by John Breen, a software engineer in Indiana, the site aims to reduce world hunger.
VERB· Each note pleaded to love a little longer, longer, as though it was dying of hunger.· They were dying there of hunger.· Most of the inhabitants were killed or died of hunger.· By spring of the following year, two-thirds of the village had died from exposure and hunger.· By May 1913 it was expected that Emmeline Pankhurst would die from hunger and thirst strikes.· The last trip took forty days, by which time a dozen people had died of hunger.· On April 15 she died after a hunger strike of 137 days.· Cardinal Basil Hume is untiring in his reminder that 12 million children under five die every year from hunger and disease.
· Food, in our society, is used for many reasons other than simply to satisfy hunger.· For example, boiled potatoes satisfied hunger seven times better than croissants.· Perhaps the cat was killing to satisfy hunger.· I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger, so I reached for still another slice.· Is it slowly savoured and really enjoyed, a splendid taste to satisfy the hunger pangs?· When the others had satisfied their hunger he led the attack.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Each note pleaded to love a little longer, longer, as though it was dying of hunger.
- I for one am dying of thirst and hot enough to boil over.
- These huge corporations are dying of boredom caused by the inertia of giantism.
WORD FAMILYnounhungeradjectivehungryadverbhungrily
1[uncountable] lack of food, especially for a long period of time, that can cause illness or death SYN starvationdie of/from hunger Thousands of people are dying from hunger every day.2[uncountable] the feeling that you need to eat: Try to satisfy your hunger by eating some fruit.hunger pangs (=sudden feelings of being hungry)3[singular, uncountable] a strong need or desire for something SYN desirehunger for her hunger for knowledge a hunger for successhunger1 nounhunger2 verb
hungerhunger2 verb VERB TABLE
hunger
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | hunger |
| he, she, it | hungers | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | hungered |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have hungered |
| he, she, it | has hungered | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had hungered |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will hunger |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have hungered |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am hungering |
| he, she, it | is hungering | |
| you, we, they | are hungering | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was hungering |
| you, we, they | were hungering | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been hungering |
| he, she, it | has been hungering | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been hungering |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be hungering |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been hungering |
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES A total of 300 students occupied the building and over 50 went on hunger strike. hunger pangs She brought some fruit on the journey to stave off hunger. Nina was weak with hunger.
A total of 300 students occupied the building and over 50 went on hunger strike. hunger pangs· They don't get enough food to satisfy their appetite.
She brought some fruit on the journey to stave off hunger. Nina was weak with hunger.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hunger for/after something phrasal verb literary to want something very much: - Each note pleaded to love a little longer, longer, as though it was dying of hunger.
- I for one am dying of thirst and hot enough to boil over.
- These huge corporations are dying of boredom caused by the inertia of giantism.
The nation was hungering for change.