starve

Definition von starve im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away
noble Britomart / Released her, that else was like to sterue, / Through cruell knife that her deare heart did kerue.; To deprive of nourishment
They starved the child until it withered away.; To be very hungry
Hey, ma, I'm starving!.; To kill with cold
I was half starved waiting out in that wind.; To die because of lack of food or of not eating; To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food; {v} to perish or kill with hunger; deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"; die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"; be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"; deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"; To starve someone means not to give them any food. He said the only alternative was to starve the people, and he said this could not be allowed to happen Judy decided I was starving myself; To destroy with cold; To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder; To die, in general; die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel" be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!; To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air; have a craving, appetite, or great desire for; To perish or die with cold; {f} be without food or water for a long period of time; die from lack of food or water; feel a strong need or desire for something that one lacks; deprive of food; feel hungry (Informal); be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!; To deprive of force or vigor; to disable; To die; to perish; To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender; To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent; If people starve, they suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to their death. A number of the prisoners we saw are starving In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians starved to death or were deported Getting food to starving people does nothing to stop the war; If a person or thing is starved of something that they need, they are suffering because they are not getting enough of it. The electricity industry is not the only one to have been starved of investment
starve for: crave for -, yearn for -
feed a cold, starve a fever: Eating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever
They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.
starvation: a condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition
We haven't one chance for life in a hundred thousand if we don't find food and water upon Caprona. This water coming out of the cliff is not salt; but neither is it fit to drink, though each of us has drunk. It is fair to assume that inland the river is fed by pure streams, that there are fruits and herbs and game. Shall we lie out here and die of thirst and starvation with a land of plenty possibly only a few hundred yards away? We have the means for navigating a subterranean river. Are we too cowardly to utilize this means?.
starvation: likely to cause starving
starved: Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished
starved: Extremely hungry
I'm starved, I haven't eaten since breakfast.
starved: Simple past tense and past participle of starve
starving: {a} killing with or dying of hunger
Starvation: affamishment
Starved: starf
starvation: a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
starvation: Starvation is extreme suffering or death, caused by lack of food. Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year
starvation: the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the beseigers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"
starvation: {i} condition of being without food or water for a long period of time
starvation: The act of starving, or the state of being starved
starved: suffering from lack of food
starved: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
starved: Past tense and past participle of starve
starves: third-person singular of starve
starving: present participle of starve
starving: If you say that you are starving, you mean that you are very hungry. Apart from anything else I was starving
starving: suffering from lack of food
starving: the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the beseigers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"