Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To be in need of food.

    hungern, Hunger haben, hungrig sein

    проголода́тьсяprogolodátʹsja, голода́тьgolodátʹ

    be hungry; go without food

  2. (figuratively, intransitive)To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.

    I hungered for your love.

    жа́ждатьžáždatʹ, алкатьalkatʹ

    have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

  3. (archaic, transitive)To make hungry; to famish.

Examples

224 sentences
  1. The old man died from hunger.

    Старий помер від голоду.

    ruСтарик умер от голода.

    deDer alte Mann starb vor Hunger.

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  2. Tom died of hunger.

    Том помер від голоду.

    ruТом умирал с голода.

    deTom verhungerte.

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  3. The animal died from hunger.

    Тварина померла від голоду.

    ruЖивотное умерло от голода.

    deDas Tier verhungerte.

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  4. They are suffering from hunger.

    Вони страждають від голоду.

    ruОни страдают от голода.

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  5. Hunger is the best spice.

    Голод - найкраща спеція.

    ruГолод - лучшая приправа.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
need food:
desire:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
need food:

Origin

From Middle English hungren, from Old English hyngran, hyngrian, ġehyngrian (“to be hungry

From Middle English hungren, from Old English hyngran, hyngrian, ġehyngrian (“to be hungry”), from Proto-West Germanic *hungrijan, from Proto-Germanic *hungrijaną.

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Forms

hungers, hungering, hungered, hungered
Base formhunger · to hunger
3rd person singularhungers
Present participlehungering
Past simplehungered
Past participlehungered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhunger
he, she, ithungers

Past simpleLesson

all personshungered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hungered
he, she, ithas hungered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hunger

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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