Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
needing nourishment;
- Example: "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"- Example: "empty-bellied children"[syn: empty, empty-bellied]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
empty-bellied \empty-bellied\ adj.
needing nourishment; hungry; as, empty-bellied children.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
empty-bellied
adj 1: needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were
empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children" [syn:
empty, empty-bellied]