Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hungry

Hungry , adjective

[Anglo-Saxon hungrid. See Hunger.]

1.
Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
2.
Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
The cruel, hungry foam. — C. Kingsley
Cassius has a lean and hungry look. — Shakespeare
3.
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil.
The hungry beach. — Shakespeare