hunger

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A strong desire or need for food.
2. n. The discomfort, weakness, or pain caused by a prolonged lack of food.
3. n. A strong desire or craving: a hunger for affection.
4. v. To have a need or desire for food.
5. v. To have a strong desire or craving.
6. v. To cause to experience hunger; make hungry.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An uneasy or painful sensation occasioned by the want of food; craving appetite.
2. n. Hence Any strong or eager desire.
3. n. A famine.
4. To feel the uneasiness or longing which is occasioned by long abstinence from food; crave food.
5. Hence To have an eager desire; long.
6. To starve.

Wiktionary

1. n. A need or compelling desire of food.
2. n. Any strong desire.
3. v. To be in need of food.
4. v. To have a desire for.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
2. n. Any strong eager desire.
3. v. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
4. v. To have an eager desire; to long.
5. v. To make hungry; to famish.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. strong desire for something (not food or drink)
2. v. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
3. v. be hungry; go without food
4. n. a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
5. v. feel the need to eat