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Definitions of starve
  1. verb
    die of food deprivation
    "The political prisoners starved to death"

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  2. verb
    have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

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  3. verb
    be hungry; go without food

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  4. verb
    deprive of food
    "They starved the prisoners"

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  5. verb
    deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
    "The engine was starved of fuel"
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Definition that contains starve
  • the great hunger a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
  • starveling someone who is starving (or being starved)
  • the great starvation a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
  • pinchgut a niggardly person who starves himself (and others)
  • the irish famine a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
  • the great calamity a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
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