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Meaning of 'starve' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Starve [ v. i.]
- To die; to perish.
- To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
- To perish or die with cold.
2 . Starve [ v. t.]
- To destroy with cold.
- To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
- To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender.
- To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.
- To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.

Meaning of 'starve' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . starve [ v]
Meaning (1):
- deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
Example in sentence:
  • he is starving her of love;
  • The engine was starved of fuel
Meaning (2):
- be hungry; go without food
Example in sentence:
  • Let's eat--I'm starving!
Meaning (3):
- die of food deprivation
Example in sentence:
  • Many famished in the countryside during the drought;
  • The political prisoners starved to death
Meaning (4):
- deprive of food
Example in sentence:
  • They starved the prisoners

Nearby Words:

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