All 5 Uses of
ration
in
The Hunger Games
- It's real bakery bread, not the flat, dense loaves we make from our grain rations.
p. 7.4 *rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted
- I don't recognize the grain, our own tessera ration cooks down to an unattractive brown mush.†
p. 65.4ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- And I come to know Rue, the oldest of six kids, fiercely protective of her siblings, who gives her rations to the younger ones, who forages in the meadows in a district where the Peacekeepers are far less obliging than ours.†
p. 211.7rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
- It's made of dark ration grain and shaped in a crescent.†
p. 238.9ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- Should we try and ration it?†
p. 294.9
Definition:
verb: to restrict the amount of something each person can have -- such as food or gasoline when there is a shortage, or when more is wanted than is available
or:
noun: a fixed portion of something that is given as a person's share -- such as goods of which there is a shortage, or food for soldiers in the field
or:
noun: a fixed portion of something that is given as a person's share -- such as goods of which there is a shortage, or food for soldiers in the field