Starve

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food.
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To be hungry.
  • verb-intransitive. To suffer from deprivation.
  • verb-intransitive. Archaic To suffer or die from cold.
  • v. To cause to starve.
  • v. To force to a specified state by starving.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
  • v. To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
  • v. To be very hungry.
  • v. To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food
  • v. To deprive of nourishment.
  • v. To kill with cold.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To die; to perish.
  • verb-intransitive. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
  • verb-intransitive. To perish or die with cold.
  • v. To destroy with cold.
  • v. To kill with hunger.
  • v. To distress or subdue by famine.
  • v. To destroy by want of any kind.
  • v. To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To die; perish.
  • Specifically To perish from lack of food or nourishment; die of hunger; also, to suffer from lack of food; pine with hunger; famish; suffer extreme poverty.
  • To perish with cold; die from cold or exposure; suffer from cold.
  • To suffer for lack of anything that is needed or much desired; suffer mental or spiritual want; pine.
  • To cause to perish with hunger; afflict or distress with hunger; famish; hence, to kill, subdue, or bring to terms by withholding food or by the cutting off of supplies: as, to starve a garrison into surrender.
  • To cause to perish with cold; distress or affect severely with cold; benumb utterly; chill.
  • To cause to perish through lack of any kind; deprive of life, vigor, or force through want; exhaust; stunt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
  • v. be hungry; go without food
  • v. die of food deprivation
  • v. deprive of food
  • v. deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
  • Verb Form
    starved    starves    starving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    desire    want    hurt    suffer    expire    pop off    choke    buy the farm    conk    cash in one's chips   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    starved    starving    starveling    starvation   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    die    perish    disable    famish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Marv    carve    marv   
    Same Context
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