From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
hungry
adj 1: feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a
world full of hungry people" [ant: thirsty]
2: (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for
knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for
informaton" [syn: {athirst(p)}, {hungry(p)}, {thirsty(p)}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hungry \Hun"gry\, a. [Compar. Hungrier; superl. Hungriest.]
[AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]
1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness
or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager
desire.
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2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
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The cruel, hungry foam. --C. Kingsley.
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Cassius has a lean and hungry look. --Shak.
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3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry
soil. "The hungry beach." --Shak.
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