starve
/stɑːv/
To die because of lack of food or of not eating; To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating; To be very hungry; To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food
- he/she/it
- starves
- past
- starved
- past participle
- starved
Meanings
- 1
To die because of lack of food or of not eating
Think of the starving children.
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There are starving children in Africa.
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- 2
To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating
- 3
To be very hungry
- 4
To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food
- 5
To make suffer severely by depriving of food
- 6
To force a combatant to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in a targeted siegerare
- 7
To force a population center to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in sieges in international armed conflictsrare
- 8
To deprive of nourishment or of some vital componentrare
- 9
To deteriorate for want of any essential thingrare
- 10
To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from coldrare