Famish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cause to endure severe hunger.
  • v. To cause to starve to death.
  • verb-intransitive. To endure severe deprivation, especially of food.
  • verb-intransitive. To undergo starvation and die.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.
  • v. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hunger.
  • v. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.
  • v. To force or constrain by famine.
  • v. To die of hunger; to starve.
  • v. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.
  • v. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.
  • v. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.
  • v. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.
  • v. To force or constrain by famine.
  • verb-intransitive. To die of hunger; to starve.
  • verb-intransitive. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.
  • verb-intransitive. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To deprive of nourishment; keep or cause to be insufficiently supplied with food or drink; starve; destroy, exhaust, or distress with hunger or thirst.
  • To suffer extreme hunger or thirst; be exhausted through want of food or drink; suffer extremity by deprivation of any necessary.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. die of food deprivation
  • v. deprive of food
  • v. be hungry; go without food
  • Antonym
    nourish    feast    feed   
    Verb Form
    famished    famishes    famishing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    expire    pop off    choke    buy the farm    conk    cash in one's chips    snuff it    croak    exit    pass   
    Form
    famished    famishing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    starve    pinch    clam