What does starving mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. starvation, starvingadjective

    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"

  2. starved, starvingadjective

    suffering from lack of food

Webster Dictionary

  1. Starving

    of Starve

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of starving in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of starving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of starving in a Sentence

  1. Dimitris Nomikos:

    My salary is not enough to cover even my basic needs. My students are starving, they are destroying the social security system ... I don't know if we will ever see our pensions.

  2. Raul Juarez/Congresswoman-Elect Dlia Ramirez:

    I am clear that anyone willing to risk dying, starving or even being raped in the long journey through desert, cold and tunnels is crossing because they feel like there is no other solution to their situation. Their migration is the only way they see themselves and loved ones surviving deep poverty and, in some cases, persecution, my mother wouldn’t have risked my life or hers had it not been the only option she saw for her unborn child to have a chance at a life and childhood better than hers.

  3. Claude Jean:

    We are in misery and we are starving, we cannot stand it anymore.

  4. Gloria Steinem:

    America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.

  5. Cherrie Moraga:

    When you are not physically starving, you have the luxury to realize psychic and emotional starvation.

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