What does starving mean?
Definitions for starving
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
starved, starving(adj)
suffering from lack of food
Webster Dictionary
Starving
of Starve
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of starving in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of starving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of starving in a Sentence
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.
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.
It's difficult to see that people are starving in this country because food isn't available.(1986)
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.
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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