starvation
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star·va·tion
(stär-vā′shən)n.
1. The act or process of starving.
2. The condition of being starved.
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starvation
(stɑːˈveɪʃən)n
a. the act or an instance of starving or state of being starved
b. (as modifier): a starvation diet; starvation wages.
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star•va•tion
(stɑrˈveɪ ʃən)n.
the act of starving or the state of being starved.
[1770–80]
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Noun | 1. | starvation - a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period hunger, hungriness - a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation |
2. | starvation - 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" privation, deprivation - act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" |
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starvation
noun lack of food, famine, malnourishment, food deprivation Over three hundred people had died of starvation.
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Translations
جوع
vyhladovění
sult
nälkä
éhezés
svelti
hladovanievyhladovanie
stradanje
svält
starvation
[stɑːˈveɪʃən]A. N → hambre f, inanición f, hambruna f (LAm) (fig) → privación f
to die of starvation → morir de hambre
they are threatened with starvation → les amenaza el hambre
fuel starvation (Tech) → agotamiento m del combustible
to die of starvation → morir de hambre
they are threatened with starvation → les amenaza el hambre
fuel starvation (Tech) → agotamiento m del combustible
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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starvation
n (act) → Hungern nt; (of besieged people) → Aushungern nt; (= condition) → Hunger m; to die of starvation → verhungern, hungers or den Hungertod sterben (geh); to live on a starvation diet → Hunger leiden; the prisoners were kept on a starvation diet for months → man ließ die Gefangenen monatelang fast verhungern; to go on a starvation diet (hum) → eine Hungerkur machen; starvation wages → Hungerlohn m, → Hungerlöhne pl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
starvation
[stɑːˈveɪʃ/ən] n → inedia, fame fto die of starvation → morire d'inedia
it might be fuel starvation (Tech) → potrebbe essere un problema di alimentazione del carburante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
starve
(staːv) verb1. to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger. In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.
2. to be very hungry. Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.
starˈvation noun a starving state. They died of starvation.
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star·va·tion
n. desnutrición, inanición, hambre, privación de alimentos por un largo tiempo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
starvation
n inanición f (form), hambre f; to die of starvation..morir de hambreEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.