Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hungry"
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) 1.7 (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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