Starve

[stɑːv] or [stɑrv]

Definition

(verb.) die of food deprivation; 'The political prisoners starved to death'; 'Many famished in the countryside during the drought'.

(verb.) deprive of food; 'They starved the prisoners'.

(verb.) deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; 'he is starving her of love'; 'The engine was starved of fuel'.

(verb.) be hungry; go without food; 'Let's eat--I'm starving!'.

Edited by Bernice--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To die; to perish.

(v. i.) To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.

(v. i.) To perish or die with cold.

(v. t.) To destroy with cold.

(v. t.) To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.

(v. t.) To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender.

(v. t.) To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.

(v. t.) To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.

Typist: Nathaniel

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Perish (especially with hunger).

v. a. Kill with hunger, starve to death.

Inputed by Cyrus

Definition

v.i. to die of hunger or cold: to suffer extreme hunger or want: to be in want of anything necessary to deteriorate for want of anything essential.—v.t. to kill with hunger or cold: to destroy by want: to deprive of power.—n. Starvā′tion act of starving: state of being starved.—adj. Starve′ling hungry: lean: weak.—n. a thin weak pining animal or plant.

Typist: Nadine