hungry

«hungry» in Mova's school dictionary: feeling that you need or want to eat — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (hungry, hungrier, hungriest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Hungry means feeling that you need or want to eat. tree →

2) Hungry can mean wanting something very much: «hungry for success». tree →

3) Hungry can describe people who do not have enough food. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health lessons, hunger is your body's signal that it needs energy from food; eating regular, healthy meals keeps you from being too hungry. In stories, «as hungry as a wolf» or «starving» shows great hunger. Phrases: «go hungry» (not have food), «hungry for» (eager for), «feel hungry».

examples

• I am hungry — what's for dinner? tree →
• The hungry cat meowed at its bowl. tree →
• After swimming we are always hungry. tree →
• Eat breakfast so you are not hungry in class. tree →
• Many people in the world go hungry. tree →
• The team was hungry for a win. tree →
• The very hungry caterpillar ate through the leaves. tree →
• Are you hungry or just bored? tree →
• ‘I am so hungry,’ said Lisa. tree →

note

Comparison: hungrier, hungriest (y changes to i). The noun is «hunger». «Starving» is a very strong word for hungry. Do not confuse «hungry» with «angry», though «hangry» is a joking word for angry because hungry. «Thirsty» means needing drink, not food.

In the corpora

• Hungry, he walks into the Red Lion inn in a little town and orders the best lunch they have.
• The car's owners are «hungry, talkative, and gay» (gay = cheerful, in the old meaning).
• What's the trouble?» Toad tells him a tale of lost money and hungry children at home.
• The smell makes Toad truly hungry for the first time.
• The Rat whispers that Badger is always gloomy when he is hungry.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hungry» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.