Meaning of hunger | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A need or compelling desire for food.
   countable, uncountable
2. To cause to experience hunger; make hungry.
3. Any strong desire or need.
   broadly, countable, uncountable
4. To have a greedy, obsessive desire:crave, itch, lust, thirst.
5. (usually with for) to long for (eg affection, love). honger يَشْتاق жадувам ter fome de hladovět (po) hungern hungre λαχταρώansiar, anhelar janunema تشنه چیزی بودن kaivata avoir faim de לְהִשתוֹקֵק चाहत gladovati, žudjeti vágyódik mendambakan hungra (eftir e-u) aver fame, bramare 渇望する 열망하다 trokšti alkt; ilgoties dahagakan hongerenhungre etter łaknąć, pożądać د یو شی تږی اوسیدل ter fome de a tânji (după) жаждать túžiť, dychtiť (po) hrepeneti po žudeti za hungra (längta) efter ปรารถนาอย่างแรงกล...
   usually with
6. wanting or needing food etc. a hungry baby; I'm hungry – I haven't eaten all day; He's hungry for adventure. honger جائِع ، تَوّاق إلى гладен esfomeado hladový hungrig sulten πεινασμένοςhambriento kõht on tühi, näljane گرسنه nälkäinen affaméרעב भूखा gladan; željan, ceznutljiv éhes lapar svangur affamato 空腹の 배고픈 alkanas izsalcis lapar hongerigsulten, hungrendegłodny وږی esfomeado înfometat голодный; жаждущий hladný lačen, željan gladan hungrig หิว aç 飢餓的 голодний; голодуючий کھانے کا خواہشمند ...
   etc
7. honger بِجوع ، باشْتِياق إلى гладно esfomeadamente hladově hungrig sultent πεινασμένα con hambre, vorazmente näljaselt با گرسنگی nälkäisesti voracement בַּרַעבתָנוּת भूख से gladno, željno éhesen dengan rakus græðgislega voracemente かつがつと 굶주려서 godžiai badaini; badīgi dengan lapar hongerigsultent, begjærligłapczywie له ولږی سره esfomeadamente flămând как голодныи; жадно hladne, dychtivo lačno gladno hungrigt อย่างหิวโหย aç olarak, aç aç, iştahla 飢餓地 жадібно حریصانہ khao khát; thèm muốn 饥饿地
8. hongerheid جوع глад fome hlad der Hunger sult πείναhambre nälg گرسنگی nälkäisyys faimרעב भूखा रहना glad éhség kelaparan hungur, svengd fame 空腹 굶주림 išalkimas badainums; badīgums kelaparan hongerigheidsulten tilstand łapczywość ولږه fome foame жадность hlad lakotnost gladnost hunger, hungrighet ความหิวโหย açlık 飢餓 жадібність بھوک sự khao khát 饥饿
9. a refusal to eat, as a form of protest or to force (someone) to agree to certain demands etc. The prisoners went on hunger strike as a protest against prison discipline. eetstaking إضْراب عن الطَّعام гладна стачка greve de fome hladovka der Hungerstreik sultestrejke απεργία πείνας huelga de hambre näljastreik اعتصاب غذا nälkälakko grève de la faim שְׁבְיתַת רָעָב भूख हड़ताल štrajk gladu éhségsztájk mogok makan hungurverkfall sciopero della fame ハンスト 단식 투쟁 bado streikas bada streiks mogok lapa...
   etc
10. hambre.
11. A strong desire or need for food.
12. A strong desire or craving: a hunger for affection.

Equivalents

Examples

“I have a hunger to win.”

“O sacred hunger of ambitious minds!”

“When gangsters bump my shit, can they feel my hunger?”

“Putin's unwillingness to declare another partial reserve call up has created a wider manpower hunger in the Russian military and border service, and Putin alone maintains the ability to remedy this issue.”

CEFR level