Both Uses of
famished
in
The Call of the Wild
- On the instant a score of the famished brutes were scrambling for the bread and bacon.†
p. 50.5 *
- The wild wave of famished beasts rolled back before them, and Buck shook himself free.†
p. 51.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(famished) extremely hungry
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, famished can refer to a need for something other than food -- such as famished for news.