starve for

Definition of starve for in English English dictionary: crave for -, yearn for -
starve: 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.
starve: To deprive of nourishment
They starved the child until it withered away.
starve: To be very hungry
Hey, ma, I'm starving!.
starve: To kill with cold
I was half starved waiting out in that wind.
starve: {v} to perish or kill with hunger
starve: deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"
starve: die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
starve: be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
starve: deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
starve: 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
starve: To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food
starve: To destroy with cold
starve: To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder
starve: To die, in general
starve: To die because of lack of food or of not eating
starve: 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!
starve: To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air
starve: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
starve: To perish or die with cold
starve: {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)
starve: be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!
starve: To deprive of force or vigor; to disable
starve: To die; to perish
starve: To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender
starve: To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent
starve: 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
starve: 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