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1. (v.i.) famish
to suffer extreme hunger.
2. famish
Archaic. to starve to death.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME to starve)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) starve, hunger, famish
be hungry; go without food
"Let's eat--I'm starving!"
2. (verb) starve, famish
deprive of food
"They starved the prisoners"
3. (verb) starve, famish
die of food deprivation
"The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) famish
smoky; hot; choleric
2. (verb) famish
to starve, kill, or destroy with hunger
3. (verb) famish
to exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger
4. (verb) famish
to kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary
5. (verb) famish
to force or constrain by famine
6. (verb) famish
to die of hunger; to starve
7. (verb) famish
to suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish
8. (verb) famish
to suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary
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