STARVE
\stˈɑːv], \stˈɑːv], \s_t_ˈɑː_v]\
Definitions of STARVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
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deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"
By Princeton University
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have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
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deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
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To perish or die with cold.
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To destroy with cold.
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To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
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To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.
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To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.
By Oddity Software
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To suffer extreme hunger; die of hunger; perish from lack of anything necessary.
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To cause to suffer extreme hunger; cause to die of hunger; subdue by famine.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To die of hunger or cold: to suffer extreme hunger or want: to be in want of anything necessary.
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To kill with hunger or cold: to destroy by want: to deprive of power.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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