hunger
noun
a lack of food that can cause illness or death, especially among large numbers of people
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starvation
noun
a situation in which a person or animal suffers or dies because they do not have enough to eat
famine
noun
a serious lack of food that continues for a long time and causes many people in a country to become ill or die
water
verb
if your mouth waters when you see food, smell food, or think about food, saliva begins to form in your mouth because you are hungry
on an empty stomach
if you do something on an empty stomach, you do it without eating anything before
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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