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starve
[stahrv]
verb (used without object)
to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
to be in the process of perishing or suffering severely from hunger.
to suffer from extreme poverty and need.
to feel a strong need or desire.
The child was starving for affection.
Chiefly British Dialect.to perish or suffer extremely from cold.
Obsolete.to die.
verb (used with object)
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
to subdue, or force to some condition or action, by hunger.
to starve a besieged garrison into a surrender.
to cause to suffer for lack of something needed or craved.
Chiefly British Dialect.to cause to perish, or to suffer extremely, from cold.
starve
/ ɑː /
verb
to die or cause to die from lack of food
to deprive (a person or animal) or (of a person, etc) to be deprived of food
informal(intr) to be very hungry
to deprive or be deprived (of something necessary), esp so as to cause suffering or malfunctioning
the engine was starved of fuel
to bring (to) a specified condition by starving
to starve someone into submission
archaicto be or cause to be extremely cold
Other 51Թ Forms
- half-starved adjective
- half-starving adjective
- self-starved adjective
- unstarved adjective
- ˈٲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of starve1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of starve1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"If we have a protracted situation where this is what we can manage, then basically we have a slowly starving population," says Felix Okech, the WFP's head of refugee operations in Kenya.
“I’m conflicted in my mind because I understand the plight of people coming here undocumented because that’s probably their only resource. It’s either that or starve to death wherever they live.”
"This is what starving people look like, rushing for food while risking their lives. This is what the dehumanization of millions of people looks like."
With Gaza on the brink of famine, it is clear that Israel has violated laws that say civilians should be protected, not starved.
When it comes to climate change, our media diet is starved.
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