Starve (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used without object), starved, starv·ing.
  1. to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
  2. to be in the process of perishing or suffering severely from hunger.
  3. to suffer from extreme poverty and need.
  4. to feel a strong need or desire: The child was starving for affection.
  5. to perish or suffer extremely from cold.
  6. to die.
verb (used with object), starved, starv·ing.
  1. to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
  2. to subdue, or force to some condition or action, by hunger: to starve a besieged garrison into a surrender.
  3. to cause to suffer for lack of something needed or craved.
  4. to cause to perish, or to suffer extremely, from cold.
verb
  1. to die or cause to die from lack of food
  2. to deprive (a person or animal) or (of a person, etc) to be deprived of food
  3. to be very hungry
  4. to deprive or be deprived (of something necessary), esp so as to cause suffering or malfunctioning
  5. to bring (to) a specified condition by starving
  6. to be or cause to be extremely cold
Starve (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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