Defenition of the word starve
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Defenition of the word starve
- To die from lack of food.
- To suffer from hunger, to not get enough to eat for an extended amount of time; to feel the need to eat.
- have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"
- deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
- be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
- die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
- deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"
- be hungry; go without food; "Let''s eat--I''m starving!"
- die of food deprivation
- deprive of food
- deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
- be hungry; go without food
Synonyms for the word starve
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- crave
- hunger
- lust
- thirst
- yearn
Hypernyms for the word starve
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- buy the farm
- cash in one's chips
- choke
- conk
- croak
- decease
- deprive
- desire
- die
- drop dead
- exit
- expire
- give-up the ghost
- go
- hurt
- kick the bucket
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- pop off
- snuff it
- suffer
- want
Antonyms for the word starve
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