İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. i. hırs, tamah, açgözlülük. açgözlülük. hırs. hırs. i. hırs, tamah, açgözlülük. hırs, açgözlülük, oburluk.
2. açgözlü, obur; hırs, açgözlülük, tamah, hırslı, greedy tamahkar; açgözlülükle, greedily hırsla, tamahkarlık, açgözIülük, hevesli, greediness hırs, açgözlülük, arzulu; hasis, haris.
3. açgözlülük.
4. hırs. tamah. açgözlülük. ihtiras. doymazlık.
5. hırs.

Etymology : Middle English green, short for agreen
Pronunciation :
Function : verb
Date : 14th century

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1. voracity, desire, covetousness, avarice, selfishness, rapacity. greed\greed\ , n. [akin to goth. gr?dus hunger, icel. grā?r.
2. see: greedy.] an eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.greed n.
3. excessive desire to acquire or possess more (esp material wealth) than one needs or deserves.
4. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia].
5. An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain. excessive desire to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves.
6. Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably.
7. Rank; degree; position.
8. The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize.
9. To agree.
10. A step.
11. Greed is the desire to have more of something, such as food or money, than is necessary or fair. an insatiable greed for personal power I get fed up with other people's greed. An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth: "Many... attach to competition the stigma of selfish greed" (Henry Fawcett). a strong desire for more food, money, power, possessions etc than you need (greedy).