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  1. 1. superl. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire. Source: opted
  2. 2. superl. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious. Source: opted
  3. 3. superl. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. j:100 a. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food Source: ecdict

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