Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, informal)To maintain a strong motivation to achieve or compete; to avoid complacency.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Antonio punished Rima by staying hungry for days.

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Forms

stays hungry, staying hungry, stayed hungry, stayed hungry
Base formstay hungry · to stay hungry
3rd person singularstays hungry
Present participlestaying hungry
Past simplestayed hungry
Past participlestayed hungry

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystay hungry
he, she, itstays hungry

Past simpleLesson

all personsstayed hungry

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stayed hungry
he, she, ithas stayed hungry

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stay hungry

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stayA1steadsteadfaststeadfastly
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