26984 words

starve

4 definitions ā€¢ 6 examples
1
to (cause someone to) become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat:

Examples:

Whole communities starved to death during the long drought.
From talking to former prisoners in the camps, an obvious conclusion is that they have been starved.
2
to become weak or die because there is not enough food to eat:

Examples:

[ I ] Many people could starve because of the drought.
3
If you say you are starving, you want to eat:

Examples:

[ I ] Iā€™m starved because I missed lunch today.
4
if a company, etc. is starved of something necessary or good, it does not receive enough of it:

Examples:

starve sth of sth His predecessor in the job had starved the business of capital investment.

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