# hungering

Pronunciation: US say "HUNG-ger-ing" /ˈhʌŋɡəɹɪŋ/; UK say "HUNG-guh-ring" /ˈhʌŋɡəɹɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of hunger. — present participle and gerund of hunger
   - Simple: Present participle of hunger. Use this form for something happening now, like "is hungering."
   - _By midwinter the whole village was hungering for fresh meat._
   - _Voters hungering for honest leadership turned out in record numbers._

## Noun

2. The condition of someone who feels hunger, or who craves something strongly.
   - Simple: A strong feeling of wanting food, or of wanting something very much.
   - _Her lifelong hungering for approval shaped nearly every decision she made._
   - _The drought left a hungering across the region that no harvest could quickly relieve._

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