飢える

verb (ichidan)うえる · ueru

1. Englishto starve; to be famished; to be hungry

   • 彼は飢えた者に食を与えた。He furnished food to the hungry.

2. Englishto be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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