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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

Wikipedia

  1. Starving

    Starving is a song by American singer Hailee Steinfeld and American duo Grey, featuring Russian-German producer Zedd. The song was written by Grey members Michael Trewartha and Kyle Trewartha, Robert McCurdy, Christopher Petrosino, and Asia Whiteacre. It was released on July 22, 2016, through Republic Records and Universal Music Group. "Starving" is included on the Japanese edition of Steinfeld's debut extended play, Haiz (2015). It serves as the record's third and final single.

ChatGPT

  1. starving

    Starving refers to suffering or dying from extreme or prolonged lack of food. It can also signify an intense need or desire for something.

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. Rosalind Russell, as Aunti Mame:

    Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving.

  2. Ayesha Bibi:

    Crops, floods and poverty are all interlinked. The government should ask us what is happening on the ground, it is actually the responsibility of the government of Pakistan to help us, not the foreign-funded NGOs who have kept us from starving.

  3. Trinh Le:

    If you arrive starving, you’re more likely to choose items that are higher in calories, fat and sugar, not to mention you’ll be hangry pre-meal.

  4. My Starving Children -RRB-:

    Feed My Starving Children.

  5. Daryl Davis and Preston:

    I do not believe that illegals should be here and never have, OK ? If you want to become an American citizen, I don't care what culture you come from, don't come over here to make money here, to send it back home, depleting our finances and creating a better life for your family back home when we have people here who were starving to death. We need to take care of our veterans. We needed to take care of our homeless. We needed to take care of the poor people of our country. OK ? There are the things we need to focus on. All these illegals getting all this money handed to them is wrong.

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