hunger

Example:Several prisoners in Guantanamo Bay began a hunger strike to protest their detention conditions.

Definition:An act of fasting as a form of political protest or to force attention to a cause.

Example:A modern tent that can serve as shelter and cooking area can make camping a hunger-proof adventure.

Definition:Unable to be affected by lack of food or other essentials: a hunger-proof nomadic life with portable shelters.

Example:The hunger pangs intensified as the hours passed in the empty room.

Definition:A sharp pain in the abdomen, felt when very hungry and urging one to eat.

Example:The hunger artist's emaciated body drew attention, but his passion for the unappreciated art of starvation went unnoticed.

Definition:A person who practices starvation as an art, often for personal or artistic reasons, though the term is often used to describe someone who is obsessed with or obsessed by a lack of food or food-related issues.