Definitions for starving
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. starvation, starving(adj)

   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, starving(adj)

   suffering from lack of food

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1. Starving

   of Starve

How to pronounce starving?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Joan Salge Blake:

   I think there could be a benefit to weight loss if you break up the meals, as long as the calories are controlled, [because] you are less likely to be starving and eat everything in front of you.

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. Ronald Reagan:

   It's difficult to see that people are starving in this country because food isn't available.(1986)

4. Madeleine Albright:

   A president doesn't go to a country without any preparation, and 'honored' would definitely be the wrong way to discuss somebody who is keeping his people in poverty and starving and control.

5. Edwin Sabuhoro:

   One old man looked at me and said, 'Your kids are starving to death. Would you poach to feed your family?' it was an eye-opener for me.

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