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View usage for: (stɑːʳv) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense starves, present participle starving, past tense, past participle starved1. verbIf people starve, they suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to their death. A number of the prisoners we saw are starving. [VERB] In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians starved to death or were deported. [VERB + to] Getting food to starving people does nothing to stop the war. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: die from lack of food, die from malnourishment More Synonyms of starve 2. verbTo starve someone means not to give them any food. They harassed and starved the Native people. [VERB noun] Judy decided I was starving myself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] 3. verbIf a person or thing is starved of something that they need, they are suffering because they are not getting enough of it. The electricity industry is not the only one to have been starved of investment. [be VERB-ed + of] ...companies in danger of being starved of capital by their banks. [V n of n] ...an audience hungry for American films and long starved of choice. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: deprive, strip, rob, dispossess More Synonyms of starve starve in British English (stɑːv) verb1. 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. (intransitive) informal to be very hungry 4. (foll by of or for) to deprive or be deprived (of something necessary), esp so as to cause suffering or malfunctioning the engine was starved of fuel 5. (transitive; foll by into) to bring (to) a specified condition by starving to starve someone into submission 6. archaic to be or cause to be extremely cold Derived forms starver (ˈstarver) noun Word origin Old English steorfan to die; related to Old Frisian sterva to die, Old High German sterban to die starve in American English (stɑrv) verb intransitiveWord forms: starved or ˈstarving1. a. to die from lack of food b. to suffer or become weak from hunger c. Informal to be ravenously hungry 2. to suffer great need with for starving for affection 3. Dialectal to suffer and die slowly from any cause, esp. from extreme cold verb transitive4. to cause to starve by depriving of food 5. to force by starvation to starve an enemy into submission 6. to cause to suffer from a lack or need of something specified 7. Dialectal to cause to die from extreme cold Word origin ME sterven < OE steorfan, to die, perish, akin to Ger sterben: see start Examples of 'starve' in a sentencestarve British English: starve / stɑːv/ VERB If people starve, they suffer greatly and may die from lack of food. A number of the prisoners are starving. - American English: starve
- Arabic: يَجُوعُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: passar fome
- Chinese: 饿得要死
- Croatian: gladovati
- Czech: hladovět
- Danish: sulte
- Dutch: verhongeren
- European Spanish: pasar hambre
- Finnish: kuolla nälkään
- French: mourir de faim
- German: verhungern
- Greek: λιμοκτονώ
- Italian: morire di fame
- Japanese: 餓死する
- Korean: 굶어죽다
- Norwegian: sulte
- Polish: zagłodzić
- European Portuguese: passar fome
- Romanian: a muri de foame
- Russian: голодать
- Latin American Spanish: pasar hambre
- Swedish: svälta
- Thai: อดอาหาร
- Turkish: açlıktan ölmek
- Ukrainian: вмирати з голоду
- Vietnamese: chết đói
Chinese translation of 'starve' vi - (= be very hungry)
挨饿(餓) (ái'è) - (= die from hunger)
饿(餓)死 (èsǐ)
vt - [person, animal]
使挨饿(餓) (shǐ ái'è) I'm starving (inf) 我饿(餓)极(極)了 (wǒ è jí le) to starve to death 饿(餓)死 (èsǐ) to be starved of ... [investment, love] 匮(匱)乏 ... 的 (kuìfá ... de)
Definition to die from lack of food A number of the prisoners we saw are starving. Synonyms die from lack of food die from malnourishment The electricity industry is not the only one to be starved of investment. Additional synonymsDefinition to deprive (someone) of (a possession) people who were dispossessed of their land Definition to deprive of a role, function, or quality They were divested of all their personal possessions. Synonyms deprive, strip, dispossess, despoil (formal) Definition to deprive, esp. of something deserved I can't forgive her for robbing me of an Olympic gold. Synonyms deprive, deny, strip, divest, do out of (informal) Additional synonymsDefinition to take something away from (someone) The government is slowly stripping us of our rights. Synonyms plunder, rob, loot, empty, sack, deprive, ransack, pillage, divest, denude |