Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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famine | Yes | No | No | No |
want | Yes | No | Yes | No |
famine (noun) | want (noun) |
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a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death | a specific feeling of desire |
an acute insufficiency | anything that is necessary but lacking |
a state of extreme poverty | |
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable |
famine (verb) | want (verb) |
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wish or demand the presence of | |
have need of | |
hunt or look for; want for a particular reason | |
feel or have a desire for; want strongly | |
be without, lack; be deficient in |