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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food;
- Example: "a world full of hungry people"

2. (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous;
- Example: "athirst for knowledge"
- Example: "hungry for recognition"
- Example: "thirsty for informaton"
[syn: athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hungry \Hun"gry\, a. [Compar. Hungrier; superl. Hungriest.]
   [AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]
   1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness
      or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager
      desire.
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   2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
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            The cruel, hungry foam.               --C. Kingsley.
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            Cassius has a lean and hungry look.   --Shak.
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   3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry
      soil. "The hungry beach." --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hungry
    adj 1: feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a
           world full of hungry people" [ant: thirsty]
    2: (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for
       knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for
       informaton" [syn: athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)]