(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
Hunger is the feeling of weakness or discomfort that you get when you need something to eat.
Hunger is the body’s signal that levels of blood sugar are too low...
The nutritionally balanced menus are designed to help you lose up to a pound a day without ~ pangs.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Hunger is a severe lack of food which causes suffering or death.
Three hundred people in this town are dying of ~ every day.
= starvation
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If you have a ~ for something, you want or need it very much. (WRITTEN)
Geffen has a ~ for success that seems bottomless.
= craving
N-SING: also no det, with supp, oft N for n
4.
If you say that someone ~s for something or ~s after it, you are emphasizing that they want it very much. (FORMAL)
But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he ~ed for adventure.
VERB: V for/after n emphasis