What part of speech is starve?

Starve can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. starve is a verb, present, 1st person singular of starve (infinitive).
  • 2. starve is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does starve mean?

Definitions

Verb

starve - deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
starve - be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
starve - deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"
starve - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
starve - have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

Examples of starve

#   Sentence  
1. verb You may also starve it by preventing new blood from reaching it from other parts of the body, thereby preventing new "supplies" from expanding the tumor.
2. verb We cannot stand quiet and watch people starve.
3. verb I might as well starve as do such a thing.
4. verb Feed a cold and starve a fever.
5. verb I would rather starve to death than steal.
6. verb I would sooner starve than betray him.
7. verb I would rather starve than steal.
8. verb I would rather starve than work under him.
9. verb It is a pity that some people starve to death even in the midst of plenty.
10. verb Millions of people starve to death every year.
11. verb Do you know how many people starve to death in the world annually?
12. verb Stuff today and starve tomorrow.
13. verb We are the first nation to starve to death in a storehouse that's overfilled with everything we want.
14. verb In rich countries, few people starve.
15. verb If we don't get something to eat soon, we'll all starve to death.
Sentence  
verb
You may also starve it by preventing new blood from reaching it from other parts of the body, thereby preventing new "supplies" from expanding the tumor.
We cannot stand quiet and watch people starve.
I might as well starve as do such a thing.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
I would rather starve to death than steal.
I would sooner starve than betray him.
I would rather starve than steal.
I would rather starve than work under him.
It is a pity that some people starve to death even in the midst of plenty.
Millions of people starve to death every year.
Do you know how many people starve to death in the world annually?
Stuff today and starve tomorrow.
We are the first nation to starve to death in a storehouse that's overfilled with everything we want.
In rich countries, few people starve.
If we don't get something to eat soon, we'll all starve to death.

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