Hunger (Verb)
Meaning 1
Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for.
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- The activist's speech was able to hunger the crowd for change and reform.
- The artist seemed to hunger for attention and praise from her fans.
- The young boy's eyes widened as he watched the cook, his stomach began to hunger for the delicious meal being prepared.
- Her soul hungered for adventure and the freedom to travel.
- The novelist's imagination began to hunger for new and exciting plot twists.
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Meaning 2
Feel the need to eat.
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- After skipping breakfast, I began to hunger for something substantial to eat before lunch.
- Her stomach growled as she hungered for a warm, comforting meal on the cold winter evening.
- Those who have not eaten for days will truly hunger for any scrap of food they can find.
- The smell of freshly baked bread made me hunger for a slice of warm, crusty bread with butter.
- Travelers often hunger for a taste of home while exploring foreign lands.
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Meaning 3
Be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- I've been travelling all day and I'm starting to hunger for a warm meal.
- She must be hungering for attention by the way she keeps calling her friends.
- After fasting all day, he was hungering for a substantial dinner.
- The protest marchers were hungering for justice as they gathered in the capital.
- During his stressful week at work, he was too busy to eat and had started to hunger for nourishment.