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# hunger

«hunger» in Mova's school dictionary: **the feeling of needing or wanting food** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (hunger); verb (hunger for — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hunger is the feeling of needing or wanting food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunger/#m1)

2) Hunger is a serious lack of food for a long time, which makes people ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunger/#m2)

3) A hunger for something is a strong wish for it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunger/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons pupils learn that hunger is the body's signal that it needs energy, and that a healthy breakfast helps learning. In geography and charity work, many people in the world suffer from hunger; food banks help. In stories a character «dies of hunger» or has a hunger for adventure. Phrases: feel hunger, hunger pangs, die of hunger, hunger for knowledge, hunger strike.

### examples

- Hunger made my tummy rumble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunger/#x1)
- Many children around the world suffer from hunger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunger/#x2)
- Food banks help families facing hunger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunger/#x3)
- She has a hunger for adventure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunger/#x4)
- A good breakfast stops hunger in the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunger/#x5)
- The lost hikers felt cold and hunger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunger/#x6)
- And meanwhile his hunger grew and grew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunger/#x7)

### note

Uncountable noun: «hunger», not «a hunger» (except «a hunger for»). Adjective: hungry. «I'm hungry» is more natural than «I feel hunger». Thirst is the feeling for water; hunger for food.

### In the corpora

- ["Hangry" means cross because of hunger (jokey).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/16/)
- [A rumbling tummy, low energy and grumpiness can be signs of hunger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/9-body-signals/10/)
- [To a little brother, a gran or a cat, a broken promise means waiting, disappointment or hunger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/9/)
- [Tiredness and hunger make tempers shorter for children and adults.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont/16/)
- [The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the LORD want not any good thing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.516/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hunger» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunger/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.