Definitions of starve [ɑrv]

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Definition of 'starve'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) starve
to weaken, waste, or die from lack of food.

2.  starve
to be extremely hungry:
When do we eat? I'm starving.

3.  starve
to feel a strong need or desire:
a child starving for affection.

4.  starve
Chiefly Brit. Dial. to perish or suffer extremely from cold.

5.  starve
Obs. to die.

6. (v.t.) starve
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.

7.  starve
to subdue, or force to some condition or action, by hunger.

8.  starve
to cause to suffer for lack of something needed or craved.

9.  starve
Chiefly Brit. Dial. to cause to perish, or to suffer extremely, from cold.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; OE steorfan to die, c. OFris

Definition of 'starve'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) starve, hunger, famish
be hungry; go without food
"Let's eat--I'm starving!"

2. (verb) starve, famish
die of food deprivation
"The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"

3. (verb) starve, famish
deprive of food
"They starved the prisoners"

4. (verb) crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

5. (verb) starve
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
"he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"

Definition of 'starve'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) starve
to be or cause to be without food for a long period
to starve to death; Prison officials starved the prisoners.

Definition of 'starve'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) starve
to die; to perish

2. (verb) starve
to perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent

3. (verb) starve
to perish or die with cold

4. (verb) starve
to destroy with cold

5. (verb) starve
to kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder

6. (verb) starve
to distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender

7. (verb) starve
to destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air

8. (verb) starve
to deprive of force or vigor; to disable

Translation of 'starve'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: 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.
Afrikaans: verhonger	Arabic: يَموتُ جوعا	Bulgarian: умирам от глад
Brazilian: matar/morrer de fome	Czech: umřít/trápit (se) hladem	German: (ver)hungern
Danish: sulte; lade sulte	Greek: λιμοκτονώ, πεθαίνω από τη	Estonian: nälgima, nälga surema, nä
Farsi: از گرسنگي مردن	Finnish: kuolla nälkään, nähdä näl	French: (faire) mourir de faim; a
Hebrew: לִגווֹעַ בְּרָעָב	Hindi: भूखों मरना, भूखों मारना	Croatian: izgladnjivati, umrijeti o
Hungarian: éhen hal	Indonesian: membuat kelaparan	Icelandic: svelta
Italian: morire di fame; far morir	Japanese: 飢える	Korean: 굶어죽다, 굶겨죽이다
Lithuanian: mirti/marinti badu, badau	Latvian: mirt/nomērdēt badā	Malay: membiarkan kebuluran
Dutch: (laten) verhongeren	Norwegian: sulte, la sulte, utsulte	Polish: przymierać głodem, głodzi
Portuguese: matar/morrerà fome	Romanian: a face să moară de foame;	Russian: голодать; морить голодом
Slovak: hladovať, umrieť od hladu	Slovenian: stradati	Serbian: izgladnjivati
Swedish: [låta] svälta	Thai: อดอาหาร	Turkish: açlıktan öl(dür)mek
Taiwanese: 餓死	Ukrainian: вмирати з голоду	Urdu: بھوکوں مرنا
Vietnamese: chết vì đói	Chinese: 饿死
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