Definition of starve Starve
/stɑˈɹv/ - [starv] - starve
We found 24 definitions of starve from 7 different sources.
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| starve - deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" | ||
| famish | ||
| feed, give introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor" | ||
| starve die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" | ||
| deprive take away | ||
| starve - be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" | ||
| hunger, famish | ||
| be full be sated, have enough to eat; "I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please" | ||
| hurt, suffer give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" | ||
| starve - deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel" | ||
| famish, starve die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" | ||
| deprive take away | ||
| starve - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" | ||
| famish | ||
| buy the farm, perish, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, snuff it, drop dead, decease, cash in one's chips, pop off, pass away, expire, exit, croak, conk, die, choke, pass, go leave quickly | ||
| starve - have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | ||
| crave, hunger, thirst, lust | ||
| desire, want feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- starve (Verb)
To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away. - starve (Verb)
To die because of lack of food or of not eating. - starve (Verb)
To be very hungry. - starve (Verb)
To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food. - starve (Verb)
To deprive of nourishment. - starve (Verb)
To kill with cold.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- starve (v. i.)
To die; to perish. - starve (v. i.)
To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent. - starve (v. i.)
To perish or die with cold. - starve (v. t.)
To destroy with cold. - starve (v. t.)
To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder. - starve (v. t.)
To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender. - starve (v. t.)
To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air. - starve (v. t.)
To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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starve
To die from lack of food. -
starve
To suffer from hunger, to not get enough to eat for an extended amount of time; to feel a strong need to eat.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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starve
stärv, 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. [A.S. steorfan, to die; Dut. sterven, Ger. sterben, to die.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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starve
He would starve in a cook-shop.
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🔤- starve, verb, present, 1st person singular of starve (infinitive).
- starve, verb (infinitive).
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