starving

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of starve

Noun

starvation

Adj

Extremely hungry

starve

1. (intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
2. (intransitive) To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating.
3. (intransitive) To be very hungry.
4. (transitive) To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
5. (transitive) To make suffer severely by depriving of food.
6. (transitive) To force a combatant to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in a targeted siege.
7. (dated, transitive) To force a population center to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in sieges in international armed conflicts.
8. (transitive) To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
9. (intransitive) To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
10. (British, transitive) To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold.
11. (intransitive, obsolete) To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.

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Synonyms

hungry

starved

famished

starve

starvation

ravenous

hunger

sharp-set

empty-bellied

being hungry

Hank Marvin

bloodthirsty

waiflike

emaciated

empty

esurient

fasting

go hungry

pinched with hunger

Translations

hambriento

faminto

affamé

affamato

famélico

famèlic

afamat

جوعان

ساغب

gehungert

جياع

hungernd

hungerte

verhungernd

جوعا

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/