Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.
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Acquired.
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Acquired.
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Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
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Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
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Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age.
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Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age.
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Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.
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Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.
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An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
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An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
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The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.
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The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.
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The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.
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The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.
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Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
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Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy.
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Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
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of Devour
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Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious.
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Seizing; embracing; catching.
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Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.
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