Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - hunger
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Hunger
hunger
~1 n 1 lack of food, especially for a long period of time, that can cause illness or death; starvation (Thousands of people are dying from hunger every day.) 2 the feeling that you need to eat (Babies often cry from hunger. | hunger pangs (=sudden feelings of being hungry)) 3 hunger for a strong need or desire for something (the West's hunger for material wealth) ~2 v literary to want something very much + for/after (a nation hungering for change)
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(hungers, hungering, hungered) 1. Hunger is the feeling of weakness or discomfort that you get when you need something to eat. Hunger is the body’s signal that levels of blood sugar are too low... The nutritionally balanced menus are designed to help you lose up to a pound a day without hunger pangs. N-UNCOUNT 2. Hunger is a severe lack of food which causes suffering or death. Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day. = starvation N-UNCOUNT 3. If you have a hunger for something, you want or need it very much. (WRITTEN) Geffen has a hunger for success that seems bottomless. = craving N-SING: also no det, with supp, oft N for n 4. If you say that someone hungers for something or hungers after it, you are emphasizing that they want it very much. (FORMAL) But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he hungered for adventure. VERB: V for/after n c darkgreen]emphasis ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hungor; akin to Old High German hungar ~, Lithuanian kanka torture Date: before 12th century 1. a. a craving or urgent need for food or a specific nutrient b. an uneasy sensation occasioned by the lack of food c. a weakened condition brought about by prolonged lack of food 2. a strong desire ; craving a ~ for success II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to feel or suffer ~ 2. to have an eager desire transitive verb to make hungry Synonyms: see long ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a feeling of pain or discomfort, or (in extremes) an exhausted condition, caused by lack of food. 2 (often foll. by for, after) a strong desire. --v.intr. 1 (often foll. by for, after) have a craving or strong desire. 2 feel hunger. Phrases and idioms hunger march a march undertaken by a body of unemployed etc. to call attention to their condition. hunger marcher a person who goes on a hunger march. hunger strike the refusal of food as a form of protest, esp. by prisoners. hunger striker a person who takes part in a hunger strike. Etymology: OE hungor, hyngran f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. сущ. голод, длительное недоедание 2. гл. 1) голодать 2) жаждать, сильно желать (for/after) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. голод; длительное недоедание; голодание hidden hunger —- спец. скрытая недостаточность питательных веществ hunger cure —- лечебное голодание; лечение голодом hunger pains —- мед. голодные боли to die of hunger —- умереть с голоду to collapse from hunger, to be faint with hunger —- шататься от голода 2. голод, чувство голода pangs of hunger —- муки голода, сильный внезапный голод morbid hunger —- мед. "волчий голод", булимия to satisfy one's hunger —- утолить голод (чем-л) I'm dying of hunger —- (я) до смерти хочу есть, (я) умираю от голода 3. потребность (в чем-л) land hunger —- стремление скупать земельные участки oxygen hunger —- кислородное голодание 4. жажда, сильное желание hunger for glory —- жажда славы 5. уст. голод, голодное время Id: hunger breaks stone walls —- посл. нужда всему научит Id: hunger is the best sauce —- посл. голод - лучший повар 6. голодать; испытывать голод, быть голодным 7. морить голодом 8. принуждать голодом you will hunger me into madness —- ты добьешься того. что я сойду с ума от голода to hunger a garrison out of a town —- голодом вынудить гарнизон покинуть город 9. жаждать, сильно желать to hunger for succes —- жаждать успеха he hungered for friends —- ему остро недоставало друзей ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) голод; голодание 2) сильное желание, жажда (чего-л.; for, after) 2. v. 1) голодать, быть голодным 2) принуждать голодом (into; out of) 3) сильно желать, жаждать (for, after) The traveller hungered for his native land. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. hungor "unease or pain caused by lack of food, craving appetite, debility from lack of food," from P.Gmc. *khungrus. Hungry is O.E. hungrig. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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