hunger

noun
[L14639]

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • singular : hunger
  • plural : hungers

Senses

  • sensation experienced when one feels the physiological need to eat food
  • state in which a person, for a sustained period, is unable to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs

hunger

verb
[L14640]

Forms

  • simple present : hunger
  • simple present, singular, third person : hungers
  • simple past : hungered
  • present participle : hungering
  • past participle : hungered

Senses

  • be unable to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs
  • feel a strong urge to eat.