Home / Dictionary / Starve

Starve Common

Starve has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

be hungry; go without food

"Let's eat--I'm starving!"

2

die of food deprivation

"The political prisoners starved to death"

"Many famished in the countryside during the drought"

3

deprive of food

"They starved the prisoners"

4

have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

5

deprive of a necessity and cause suffering

"he is starving her of love"

"The engine was starved of fuel"

6

To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.

Example Sentences
"Let's eat--I'm starving!" verb
"The political prisoners starved to death" verb
"Many famished in the countryside during the drought" verb
"They starved the prisoners" verb
"he is starving her of love" verb
"The engine was starved of fuel" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
be full give
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
suffer die deprive desire
Rhyming Words
verve terve curve lurve perve serve nerve merve kerve herve varve tarve larve harve carve surve swarve slurve sparve clerve
Compare
Starve vs