n. & v.
--n.
1. a feeling of pain or discomfort, or (in extremes) an exhausted condition, caused by lack of food.
2 (often foll. by for, after) a strong desire.
--v.intr.
1. (often foll. by for, after) have a craving or strong desire.
2 feel hunger.
Phrases and idioms:
hunger march a march undertaken by a body of unemployed etc. to call attention to their condition. hunger marcher a person who goes on a hunger march. hunger strike the refusal of food as a form of protest, esp. by prisoners. hunger striker a person who takes part in a hunger strike.
Etymology: OE hungor, hyngran f. Gmc