<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a compelling need or desire for food.</li><li>the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need of food: to collapse from hunger.</li><li>a shortage of food; famine.</li><li>a strong or compelling desire or craving: hunger for power.</li><li>Synonyms: itch, lust, greed, appetite.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to feel hunger; be hungry.</li><li>to have a strong desire.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>Rare. to subject to hunger; starve.</li></ul>