Word: starve
Phonetic:
/stɑːv/
Listen:
To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
To be very hungry. Example: Hey, ma, I'm starving! What's for dinner?
To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component. Example: The patient's brain was starved of oxygen.
To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
(especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold. Example: I was half starved waiting out in that wind.
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