| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hun·ger |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h ng g r |
| NOUN: | 1a. A strong desire or need for food. b. The discomfort, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged lack of food. 2. A strong desire or craving: a hunger for affection. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: hun·gered, hun·ger·ing, hun·gers
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To have a need or desire for food. 2. To have a strong desire or craving. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To cause to experience hunger; make hungry. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English hungor.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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