ell: λιμός

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Meaning
means	(noun) an acute insufficiency shortage, famine, dearth
means	(noun) the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" want, deficiency, lack
means	(noun) a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation hungriness, hunger
means	(noun) a small and inadequate amount scarceness, scarcity
means	(noun) strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection" thirstiness, hunger, hungriness, thirst
means	(noun) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period famishment, starvation
means	(noun) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit" deficit, shortfall, shortage
means	(noun) lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency