Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: hunger – hurried
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hunger, n. [OE hungor < Germanic.] (webplay: feel, food).
Appetite; yearning; uneasy sensation due to want of something to eat.
hunger (-ed, -s), v. [OE hyngran < Germanic.] (webplay: feel, food).
Starve; famish; long for food; [fig.] forcefully desire.
hungry, adj. [OE hungri < Germanic.] (webplay: desire, feeling, pain, want).
With a keen appetite; uneasy from want of nourishment; feeling discomfort from lack of food.
hungry, n. [see hungry, adj.] (webplay: desire, feeling, pain, want).
Beggars; poor folks; needy people; those lacking food.
hunt (-ed), v. [OE huntian < Germanic.] (webplay: away, bears, catching, chase, ducks, hounds, killing, search).
- Seek; search for.
- Chase game; follow wild animal with lethal intent.
- Pursue; trail something.
hunter, n. [see hunt, v.]
Marksman; shooter; one who pursues wild animals to kill them for food or sport.
hurl (-ed, -s), v. [origin unknown.]
Throw vehemently; drive away violently; dash about with force; [fig.] assert with power.
hurrah, interj. [origin uncertain, poss. onomatopoeic or influenced by foreign shouts.]
Shout of joy; cry of exultation.
hurricane, n. [Sp. < Caribbean huracan.]
Cyclone; tempest; violent storm.
hurried, verbal adj. [see hurry, v.]
Hasty; rushed.