hungry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hungry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hungry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hungry adj feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people" Antonym(s): thirsty (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton" Synonym(s): athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)
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. [bd]The hungry beach.[b8] --Shak.