starved
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verb (used without object)
1.
to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
2.
to be in the process of perishing or suffering severely from hunger.
3.
to suffer from extreme poverty and need.
4.
to feel a strong need or desire: The child was starving for affection.
5.
Chiefly British Dialect. to perish or suffer extremely from cold.
verb (used with object)
7.
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
8.
to subdue, or force to some condition or action, by hunger: to starve a besieged garrison into a surrender.
9.
to cause to suffer for lack of something needed or craved.
10.
Chiefly British Dialect. to cause to perish, or to suffer extremely, from cold.
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Starved
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English sterven, Old English steorfan to die; cognate with German sterben
before 1000; Middle English sterven, Old English steorfan to die; cognate with German sterben
Related forms
half-starved, adjective
half-starv·ing, adjective
self-starved, adjective
un·starved, adjective
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starve (stɑːv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by of | |
| 1. | to die or cause to die from lack of food |
| 2. | to deprive (a person or animal) or (of a person, etc) to be deprived of food |
| 3. | informal (intr) to be very hungry |
| 4. | to deprive or be deprived (of something necessary), esp so as to cause suffering or malfunctioning: the engine was starved of fuel |
| 5. | to bring (to) a specified condition by starving: to starve someone into submission |
| 6. | archaic to be or cause to be extremely cold |
| [Old English steorfan to die; related to Old Frisian sterva to die, Old High German sterban to die] | |
| 'starver | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
starve
O.E. steorfan "to die" (pt. stearf, pp. storfen), from P.Gmc. *sterban "be stiff" (cf. O.Fris. sterva, Du. sterven, O.H.G. sterban "to die," O.N. stjarfi "tetanus"), from PIE base *ster- "stiff, rigid" (cf. Gk. sterphnios "stiff, rigid," sterphos "hide, skin," O.C.S. strublu "strong, hard;" see
stare). The conjugation became weak in Eng. by 16c. The sense narrowed to "die of cold" (14c.); meaning "to kill with hunger" is first recorded 1530 (earlier to starve of hunger, 1124). Intrans. sense of "to die of hunger" dates from 1578. Ger. cognate sterben retains the original sense of the word, but the Eng. has come so far from its origins that starve to death (1910) is now common. Starvation (1778) is a hybrid, with a L. ending, apparently first used in ref. to British policies toward rebellious New England colonies.
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Medical Dictionary
starve (stärv)
v. starved, starv·ing, starves
To suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food.
To deprive of food so as to cause suffering or death.
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Example sentences
Many for the sake of finery on the back have gone hungry and half-starved their families.
Moreover, water-blessed countries have much less reason to be careful with their resources than the water-starved.
Ants farther inland are salt starved-and thus operate in subprime form.
Beside him two mimes in blue leotards do their silent best to act starved.
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