HUNGER


Meaning of HUNGER in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

hunger pangs

hunger pangs

hunger strike

A total of 300 students occupied the building and over 50 went on hunger strike .

satisfy sb's appetite/hunger

They don't get enough food to satisfy their appetite.

stave off hunger

She brought some fruit on the journey to stave off hunger .

weak with hunger

Nina was weak with hunger .

went on hunger strike

A total of 300 students occupied the building and over 50 went on hunger strike .

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

weak

I was weak with hunger but I had a knife and I could still move round the city.

By this time, she was too weak from hunger and thirst to call to him from the window.

■ NOUN

land

Moreover, peasant land hunger grew ever more acute as the population swelled.

Before 1914, neither peasant land hunger nor working-class militancy were abating.

It can not be understood without reference to the growing land hunger and militancy of millions of peasants.

At the same time land prices soared in response to peasant land hunger , and the option of selling became increasingly attractive.

Congestion and land hunger were particularly acute in Lewis, because of the rapid population increase.

pang

She was cold and unwashed and hunger pangs were beginning to gnaw again.

All those cups of tea do add up and the fridge is always there ready to beckon when a hunger pang lingers.

The Harpy is magically kept alive, but suffers agonizing hunger pangs and is in constant pain.

strike

Brady collapsed on Boxing Day, three months into a hunger strike in protest at his transfer to a tougher ward.

She was imprisoned in Walton gaol, went on hunger strike , and was force-fed eight times before her release.

University students went on strike , including a hunger strike at Shkodër University.

On a couple of occasions, Brian had contemplated a hunger strike .

Her old tutor is horrified, but her husband says he supports the hunger strike -- even if it claims her life.

One judge began a hunger strike in protest.

For instance, when the political prisoners staged their hunger strike during the Pope's visit, we broadcast their demands.

striker

Rather, they said, it was the imminent death of the hunger strikers that stepped up the political pressure this week.

There are various manifestos: many of the hunger strikers have put up their own, alongside Angela Kunze's.

When hunger striker Bobby Sands was buried in May 1981, 50, 000 people attended his funeral.

Let us hope it does so before more hunger strikers die.

A boycott of classes also began in support of the hunger strikers .

The health of some of the hunger strikers was reported on May 31 to be precarious.

Some stop to talk to the hunger strikers .

world

The majority of researchers and theorists are driven by the huge opportunities they see for alleviating world hunger and disease.

Species not yet discovered could hold the answer to world hunger .

Set up in 1999 by John Breen, a software engineer in Indiana, the site aims to reduce world hunger .

■ VERB

die

Each note pleaded to love a little longer, longer, as though it was dying of hunger .

They were dying there of hunger .

Most of the inhabitants were killed or died of hunger .

By spring of the following year, two-thirds of the village had died from exposure and hunger .

By May 1913 it was expected that Emmeline Pankhurst would die from hunger and thirst strikes.

The last trip took forty days, by which time a dozen people had died of hunger .

On April 15 she died after a hunger strike of 137 days.

Cardinal Basil Hume is untiring in his reminder that 12 million children under five die every year from hunger and disease.

satisfy

Food, in our society, is used for many reasons other than simply to satisfy hunger .

For example, boiled potatoes satisfied hunger seven times better than croissants.

Perhaps the cat was killing to satisfy hunger .

I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger , so I reached for still another slice.

Is it slowly savoured and really enjoyed, a splendid taste to satisfy the hunger pangs?

When the others had satisfied their hunger he led the attack.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be dying of hunger/thirst/boredom

Each note pleaded to love a little longer, longer, as though it was dying of hunger.

I for one am dying of thirst and hot enough to boil over.

These huge corporations are dying of boredom caused by the inertia of giantism.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

If you do feel hunger pangs, nibble on carrot, celery, or cucumber sticks.

Many people could die from cold and hunger this winter as the war continues.

Many slimming diets don't provide enough calories to satisfy hunger .

The baby screamed with hunger .

The slum-dwellers suffer from poverty, hunger , and disease.

Try to satisfy your hunger with raw veggies and fruit.

Weak with hunger , she staggered up to the cabin door.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

For example, boiled potatoes satisfied hunger seven times better than croissants.

It broke out of its tea-party and caste-system mold on Saturday, rewarding hunger and perseverance, as well as graceful artistry.

My hunger became so great my legs shook.

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