This center , formed of indefinite molecules , began to revolve around its own axis during its gradual condensation ; then , following the immutable laws of mechanics , in proportion as its bulk diminished by condensation , its rotary motion became accelerated , and these two effects continuing , the result was the formation of one principal star , ...
famine - a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death. calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, disaster, cataclysm - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity; the earthquake was a disaster.
Hunger is a word that is a bit tricky to define, but in the context of this lesson, we shall look at hunger in communities, countries and other places in the world. Hunger is that painful sensation, or exhausted condition that one feels from want of food.ut in a way, it is different from a country suffering with the effects of many years of complex political, economic and climatic adversities. People in such a country have extreme food shortage year after year with no end in sight. That too, is hunger.