Hunger and Starving

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Hunger verb - Feel the need to eat.

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Starving is a synonym for hunger. In some cases you can replace term "Starving" with "Hunger", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: hungry, hungered, hungering

Starving adjective - Feeling a desire or need for food.

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Hunger is a synonym for starving. Sometimes you can use "Hunger" instead a verb "Starving".

Nearby Words: starve, starved, starvation

You can happily explore or do some work, realize your hunger meter is getting close to starving, start running in the direction of your food store, then die of hunger a few steps before reaching it.

Source: Misaimed Realism
This is because their stranded parents, starving, unable to stand the sound of their children crying from hunger, started to feed the dead to them.

Source: Freudian Excuse / Literature
In book 3, the Perdido Beach kids have (sort of) solved their hunger problems by learning to live off the land, but the Coates kids are litterally starving to death.

Source: Im A Humanitarian / Literature

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