starving

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.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	starving - the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care" starvation privation, deprivation - act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
Adj.	1.	starving - suffering from lack of food starved malnourished - not being provided with adequate nourishment

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starving

adjective hungry, starved, ravenous, famished, hungering, sharp-set, esurient, faint from lack of food, ready to eat a horse (informal)