hunger: Meaning and Definition of

hun•ger

1. a compelling need or desire for food.
2. the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need of food: to collapse from hunger.
3. a shortage of food; famine.
4. a strong or compelling desire or craving: hunger for power.
5. deplorably bad; dreadful: The styles in coats this winter are from hunger.

1. to feel hunger; be hungry.
2. to have a strong desire.

1. to subject to hunger; starve.