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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hungry \Hun"gry\, a. [Compar. {Hungrier}; superl. {Hungriest}.] [AS. hungrid. See {Hunger}.] 1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence having an eager desire. 2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious. The cruel, hungry foam. --C. Kingsley. Cassius has a lean and hungry look --Shak. 3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as a hungry soil. ``The hungry beach.'' --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hungry adj 1: feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people" [ant: {thirsty}] 2: (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton" [syn: {athirst(p)}, {hungry(p)}, {thirsty(p)}]
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