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[ adjective ] feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
Examples "a world full of hungry people" Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The morning hawk , hungry for any eatable , killable , digestible item , kept his eyes on the ring of anchored ships that lay off the shores in the bay , sheltered by the Jersey inlets . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)Are you hungry '' ? `` Sure , I'm hungry '' ! |
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[ adjective ] (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
Examples "athirst for knowledge" "hungry for recognition" "thirsty for information" Used in print (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)A good many beef hungry settlers were accepting the death of William_Lewis as proof that the warning notes were not idle threats . Related terms |
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