hunger
hun|ger /h'ʌŋgər/ (hungers hungering hungered)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
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.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
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
3 [N-SING] also no det, with supp, oft N for n
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
4 [VERB] V for/after n
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.hun|ger strike (hunger strikes)
[N-VAR]
If someone goes on hunger strike or goes on a hunger strike, they refuse to eat as a way of protesting about something.
The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days...
● hunger striker [N-COUNT]
The five hunger strikers in London called off their strike and celebrated the good news.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
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.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
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
3 [N-SING] also no det, with supp, oft N for n
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
4 [VERB] V for/after n
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.hun|ger strike (hunger strikes)
[N-VAR]
If someone goes on hunger strike or goes on a hunger strike, they refuse to eat as a way of protesting about something.
The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days...
● hunger striker [N-COUNT]
The five hunger strikers in London called off their strike and celebrated the good news.