See Also: dispunge(dictionary)
hunger(2)(dictionary)
hunger(1)(dictionary)
Hunger(medicine)
air hunger(medicine)
hunger pain(medicine)
narcotic hunger(medicine)
hunger contractions(medicine)
affect hunger(medicine)
yerd-hunger(dictionary)

hunger 1, noun (oh) and dispunge (iou)


hunger 1, noun (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: hungor]
[U] lack of Food, especially for a long period of time, that can cause illness or death
-synonym starvation starvation
die of/from hunger
ĦĦThousands of people are dying from hunger every day.
[U] the feeling that you need to eat
-see also thirst thirst
ĦĦTry to satisfy your hunger by eating some fruit.
hunger pangs
(=sudden feelings of being hungry)
[singular, U] a strong need or desire for something
hunger for
ĦĦher hunger for knowledge
ĦĦa hunger for Success

dispunge (iou)



dispunge verb trans. arch. In sense 1 also disponge. E17.
[Partly from SPONGE verb, partly from EXPUNGE verb by substitution: see DIS- 1.]
Discharge or release as from a squeezed sponge. E17.
Delete, expunge. E-M17.