hungry

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"Serving the hungry is a moral call that unites people of all faiths," said Sheeran, whose organization relies heavily on Catholic charities and other faith-based organizations to distribute food aid.

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  1. adjective Experiencing a desire or need for food.
  2. adjective Extremely desirous; avid: hungry for recognition.
  3. adjective Characterized by or expressing hunger or craving: hungry eyes.

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  • The years of war had left them exhausted and peace-hungry, and they demanded but one thing from any culture approaching them: they wanted to be left alone. —  SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURES MAGAZINE
  • Some netbooks will have no disk storage (just using flash) so that the device is lighter and less power-hungry, and some of them are little bigger than two handsets placed together or as large as a very small notebook computer. —  The Register
  • "Serving the hungry is a moral call that unites people of all faiths," said Sheeran, whose organization relies heavily on Catholic charities and other faith-based organizations to distribute food aid. —  CNS latest top stories
  • Helping children of Chernobyl SILT - While 14-year-old Nastia Tysnul of Belarus was staying with Beth Dardynski and her husband, Jim Croy, of Silt this summer, she only knew three words in English - "hungry," "music" and "TV." —  Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories
  • What this illustrates is clear: today's powerful processors are also power-hungry, and the more powerful chips consume significantly more electricity and will therefore be costlier to operate. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
 

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angry ·  eager ·  sick ·  young ·  ugly ·  greedy

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hungry:   hungrier
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English hungri, from Old English hungrig, from hungor, hunger.

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  1. Early modern English also hongry; from Middle English hungry, hungri, hongry, hungriʒ, from Anglo-Saxon hungrig (= OFries. hungerich, hongerich = Dutch hongerig = Middle Low German hungerich = Old High German hungarag, hungereg, Middle High German hungerc, German hungrig = Danish Swedish hungrig (cf. lcel. hungradhr), hungry, from hunger, hunger: see hunger.
 

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