āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Hunger
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Hunger signals the body to eat.
02
āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻž
the serious state in which one suffers from lack of food, and may result in death or disease
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They provided emergency food supplies to those facing hunger.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻš āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
a craving for something
to hunger
01
āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to have an intense desire for something
Intransitive: to hunger for sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She hungers for knowledge and is always eager to learn new things.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to cause someone to feel extremely hungry
Transitive: to hunger sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They were hungered by the lack of resources after the storm.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to experience the physical sensation of needing food
Intransitive
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The children began to hunger after playing outside all day.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
hungry
hunger
