starve /stärv/

1. To suffer extreme hunger (or cold)
2. To be in want (with for)
3. To die, now only of hunger or (chiefly Scot and N Eng dialect) cold
4. To deteriorate (obsolete)

1. To cause to die of hunger
2. To afflict with hunger (or cold)
3. To deprive of food
4. To force, subdue or cure by depriving of food
5. To deprive (with of)

starvāˈtion noun

starved adjective

starveˈling noun

A lean, hungry, weak, or pining person, animal, or plant (also adjective)

starvˈing noun and adjective

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