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English

Etymology

From sterven, from {{term|steorfan||lang=ang}}

Pronunciation


Verb

{{en-verb|starves|starving|starved|starved or rarely starven}}

  1. To die, in general:
  2. : But he that starf for oure redempcioun
    And bond Sathan (and yet lith ther he lay) [CHAUCER Cnt, MoL. 633-634]
  3. To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
  4. : He starved to death on a desert island.
  5. To be very hungry.
  6. : Hey, ma, I'm starving!
  7. To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food
  8. To kill with cold.
  9. : I was half starved waiting out in that wind.
  10. To deprive of nourishment.
  11. : They starved the child until it withered away.


Translations

Derived terms


Category:English ergative verbs

es:starve fa:starve fr:starve io:starve hu:starve ja:starve fi:starve ta:starve te:starve vi:starve zh:starve

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Starve \Starve\, v. t.
1. To destroy with cold. [Eng.]
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From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice
Their soft ethereal warmth. --Milton.
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2. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is,
in law, murder.
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3. To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starve a garrison
into a surrender.
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Attalus endeavored to starve Italy by stopping their
convoy of provisions from Africa. --Arbuthnot.
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4. To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plants by
depriving them of proper light and air.
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5. To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.
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The pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed
starved for matter in an age so fruitful of
memorable actions. --Fuller.
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The powers of their minds are starved by disuse.
--Locke.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Starve \Starve\ (st[aum]rv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Starved
(st[aum]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Starving.] [OE. sterven to
die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG.
sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil.]
1. To die; to perish. [Obs., except in the sense of perishing
with cold or hunger.] --Lydgate.
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In hot coals he hath himself raked . . .
Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. --Chaucer.
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2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want;
to be very indigent.
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Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. --Pope.
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3. To perish or die with cold. --Spenser.
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Have I seen the naked starve for cold? --Sandys.
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Starving with cold as well as hunger. --W. Irving.
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Note: In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used
in the United States.
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WordNet starve
v 1: be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" [syn:
hunger, famish] [ant: be full]
2: die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to
death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the
drought" [syn: famish]
3: deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" [syn: famish]
[ant: feed]
4: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn: crave,
hunger, thirst, lust]
5: deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving
her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"
Moby Dictionary
OD , annihilate , asphyxiate , be in want , be killed , be pinched ,
be poor , be ravenous , begrudge , bereave of life , carry away ,
carry off , chloroform , choke , cut down , cut off , deprive of life ,
destroy , dispatch , dispose of , do away with , do for , do to death ,
drown , end , execute , exterminate , eye hungrily , famish ,
feel hungry , finish , finish off , go on welfare , grudge ,
have a tapeworm , hunger , hunger for , immolate , kill , lack ,
launch into eternity , liquidate , live upon nothing , lynch ,
make away with , martyr , martyrize , need , pinch , pinch pennies ,
poison , purge , put away , put down , put to death , put to sleep ,
raven , remove from life , sacrifice , scamp , scant , screw , scrimp ,
skimp , slay , smother , stint , strangle , suffocate , take life ,
take off , thirst , thirst for , want


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