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Definition of Starve
1. Verb. Be hungry; go without food. "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
Generic synonyms: Hurt, Suffer
Derivative terms: Hunger, Starvation
Antonyms: Be Full
2. Verb. Die of food deprivation. "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
Generic synonyms: Buy The Farm, Cash In One's Chips, Choke, Conk, Croak, Decease, Die, Drop Dead, Exit, Expire, Give-up The Ghost, Go, Kick The Bucket, Pass, Pass Away, Perish, Pop Off, Snuff It
3. Verb. Deprive of food. "They starved the prisoners"
Causes: Famish, Hunger
Generic synonyms: Deprive
Antonyms: Feed
Derivative terms: Starvation, Starving
4. Verb. Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for. "They starve more bread"
Generic synonyms: Desire, Want
Derivative terms: Craving, Hunger, Lust, Lust, Thirst
5. Verb. Deprive of a necessity and cause suffering. ; "The engine was starved of fuel"
Definition of Starve
1. v. i. To die; to perish.
2. v. t. To destroy with cold.
Definition of Starve
1. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To be very hungry. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To deprive of nourishment. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive British especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Starve
1. to die from lack of food [v STARVED, STARVING, STARVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Starve
Literary usage of Starve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1916)
"British Plan to starve Germany As the present number of CURRENT HISTORY goes to
press there is every indication of more drastic measures on the part of the ..."
2. Under the Old Flag: Recollections of Military Operations in the War for the by James Harrison Wilson (1912)
"... called forth Grant's celebrated order: "Hold Chattanooga at all hazards," as
well as Thomas' characteristic reply: "I will hold the town till we starve! ..."
3. Under the Old Flag: Recollections of Military Operations in the War for the by James Harrison Wilson (1912)
"... "Hold Chattanooga at all hazards," as well as Thomas' characteristic reply: "I
will hold the town till we starve I" These two messages tell the story. ..."
4. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"Scenery Should Suggest not Copy Life, Should Stimulate not Overfeed or starve
the Imagination—The Ironworks in Galsworthy's Strife, ..."
5. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch, John Aikin (1811)
"Much yet remains unsung: the rage intense Of brazen-vaulted skies, of iron fields,
Where drought and famine starve the blasted year: Fired by the torch of ..."
6. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1870)
"... a toiling drudge starve, a drone flourish. To see men buy smoke for wares,
castles built with fools' heads, men like apes follow the fashions in tires, ..."
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