Noun

Singular hunger

Plural hungers

hunger (plural hungers)

  1. A need or compelling desire of food.
  2. (by extension) Any strong desire.
    I have a hunger to win.

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Thu Nov 26 04:10:13 2009

Hunger is a feeling experienced when one has a desire to eat. Satiety is the absence of hunger. The often unpleasant feeling of hunger originates from the hypothalamus releasing hormones that target receptors in the liver. Although an average nourished individual can survive weeks without food intake, the sensation of hunger typically begins after a couple of hours without eating and is generally considered quite uncomfortable. The sensation of hunger can often be alleviated and even mitigated entirely with the consumption of food. Hunger is also the most commonly used term to describe the social condition of people who frequently experience, or live with the threat of experiencing, the physical sensation of hunger.

Malnutrition, famine, starvation

  • Malnutrition is a general term for a condition caused by improper diet or nutrition.
  • Famine is a widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any faunal species, which phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.
  • Starvation describes a "state of exhaustion of the body caused by lack of food." This state may precede death.

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und die Felsen zu legen um so bequem die Hoehe erreichen zu koennen Es wird ein monstroeses aufsehenerregendes Werk werden diese zweite Seilbahn in Tirol Die Talstation der Hungerburgbahn Foto Leo Stainer 1909 aus Franz Heinz Hye Vom Grauenstain zur Hungerburg Geschichte des Stadtteils Hoch Innsbruck

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von der Stadt aus gesehen rechts vom Restaurationsgebaeude der Zugang erfolgt durch einen neu anzulegenden 4 Meter breiten und ungefaehr 100 Meter langen Weg Die ersten Waggons der Hungerburgbahn an der Kreuzung Foto Leo Stainer Sammlung H Patscheider Linde aus Franz Heinz Hye Vom Grauenstain zur

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geleitet von dieser aus erfolgt der Betrieb der Bahn Die Sicherungen in der Zentrale beim Antriebe sind ebenfalls umfassende und vollstaendig zuverlaessige Innsbruck Kettenbruecke mit Hungerburgbahn Postkarte gelaufen gestempelt 13 Februar 1918 Sammlung

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Hunger is caused by in-sufficient food.

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How can I play at the hunger games film?
Q. I really really wanna be at this film, but I live in Greece! Is there any chance, like if I would send a video of myself or something? The hunger games is an awesome book!
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A. I admire your burning determination, but are you sure it is worth the effort? :) Besides the chances are too slim. But you would definitely shine as the girl who was on fire.
Answered by Geass - Fri Jul 24 10:44:14 2009

What do you do to stop feelings of hunger?
Q. Im going to try a 24 hour fast (but still drink water and green tea). What do you do without eating to stop feeling hunger? Anything like yoga, meditation? Any ideas please!
Asked by wantsadress - Mon Aug 3 15:05:46 2009 - - 13 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You could try chewing gum.
Answered by unknown - Mon Aug 3 15:15:10 2009

How to deal with hunger at night?
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ROME The head of a U.N. food agency expressed regret Wednesday that an anti-. hunger. summit failed to result in precise promises of funding, and critics said the meeting had only thrown crumbs to the world's 1 billion people without ...

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We are suggesting that everyone in the world who wants to show solidarity with the one hungry billion people on this planet go on . hunger. strike next Saturday or Sunday, FAO Director-Genera​l Jacques Diouf told a press conference. ...

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