starve

starve  (stärv)

v. starved, starv·ing, starves

v.intr.

1. To suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food.

2. Informal To be hungry.

3. To suffer from deprivation.

4. Archaic To suffer or die from cold.

v.tr.

1. To cause to starve.

2. To force to a specified state by starving.

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[Middle English sterven, to die, from Old English steorfan; see ster-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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starve

Verb

[starving, starved]

1. to die from lack of food

2. to deliberately prevent (a person or animal) from having any food

3. Informal to be very hungry: we're both starving

4. starve of to deprive (someone) of something needed: the heart is starved of oxygen

5. starve into to force someone into a specified state by starving: an attempt to starve him into submission [Old English steorfan to die]

starvation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	starve - be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" famish, hunger suffer, hurt - feel pain or be in pain be full - be sated, have enough to eat; "I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please"
	2.	starve - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" famish croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
	3.	starve - deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" famish starve - deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel" deprive - keep from having, keeping, or obtaining feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
	4.	starve - have a craving, appetite, or great desire for crave, lust, thirst, hunger desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
	5.	starve - deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel" famish, starve - deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" deprive - keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

Translations

starve [stɑːv] vi → pasar hambre;

(to death) → morir de hambre

vt → hacer pasar hambre;

(fig) → privar;

I'm starving → estoy muerto de hambre

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starve [stɑːv] vi → mourir de faim

vt → laisser mourir de faim;

I'm starving → je meurs de faim

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starve [stɑːv] vi → hungern;

(to death) → verhungern

vt → hungern lassen (fig) (deprive);

to starve sb of sth → jdm etw vorenthalten;

I'm starving → ich sterbe vor Hunger

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starve [stɑːv] vi → morire di fame; soffrire la fame

vt → far morire di fame, affamare;

I'm starving → muoio di fame