hunger : Idioms & Phrases
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Earth hunger
- an intense desire to own land, or, in the case of nations, to extend their domain.
Webster 1913
hunger march
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noun a march of protest or demonstration by the unemployed
WordNet
hunger marcher
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noun an unemployed person who participates in a hunger march
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hunger strike
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noun a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
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hunger-bit
Hun"ger-bit`, Hun"ger-bit`ten adjective
(Also<
- Hunger-bit
- Hunger-bitten
)
Definitions
Pinched or weakened by hunger. Obs. Milton.
Webster 1913
hunger-starve
Hun"ger-starve` transitive verb
Definitions
To starve with hunger; to famish. Obs. Shak.
Webster 1913
power hunger
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noun a drive to acquire power
status seeking.
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the great hunger
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noun a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
the Irish Famine; the Great Calamity; the Great Starvation.
