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starve
(stärv)v. starved, starv·ing, starves
v.intr.
1. To suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food.
2. Informal To be hungry.
3. To suffer from deprivation: a puppy starving for attention.
4. Archaic To suffer or die from cold.
v.tr.
1. To cause to starve.
2. To force to a specified state by starving: starved the town into submission.
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starve
(stɑːv)vb
1. (Biology) to die or cause to die from lack of food
2. to deprive (a person or animal) or (of a person, etc) to be deprived of food
3. (intr) informal to be very hungry
4. (foll by: of or for) to deprive or be deprived (of something necessary), esp so as to cause suffering or malfunctioning: the engine was starved of fuel.
5. (foll by: into) to bring (to) a specified condition by starving: to starve someone into submission.
6. archaic to be or cause to be extremely cold
[Old English steorfan to die; related to Old Frisian sterva to die, Old High German sterban to die]
ˈstarver n
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starve
(stɑrv)v. starved, starv•ing. v.i.
1. to weaken, waste, or die from lack of food.
2. to be extremely hungry: When do we eat? I'm starving.
3. to feel a strong need or desire: a child starving for affection.
4. Chiefly Brit. Dial. to perish or suffer extremely from cold.
5. Obs. to die.
v.t. 6. to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
7. to subdue, or force to some condition or action, by hunger.
8. to cause to suffer for lack of something needed or craved.
9. Chiefly Brit. Dial. to cause to perish, or to suffer extremely, from cold.
[before 1000; Old English steorfan to die, c. Old Frisian sterva, Old Saxon, Old High German sterban]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
starve
Past participle: starved
Gerund: starving
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| Verb | 1. | starve - be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" be full - be sated, have enough to eat; "I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please" |
| 2. | starve - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" | |
| 3. | starve - deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" starve - deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel" deprive - keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | |
| 4. | starve - have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | |
| 5. | starve - deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel" deprive - keep from having, keeping, or obtaining |
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starve
verb
1. die from lack of food, die from malnourishment A number of the prisoners we saw are starving.
2. deprive, strip, rob, dispossess, divest The electricity industry is not the only one to be starved of investment.
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Translations
يَجوعيَجُوعُيَموتُ جوعا
hladovětumřít/trápit hladem
sultehundesultenlade sulte
kuolla nälkäännäännyttäänääntyänälkä
gladovati
éhen haléhezik
sveltavera glorhungraîur
餓死する
굶어죽다
badautibadavimasmarinti badumirti badumirti iš bado
būt badāciest badumirt/nomērdēt badā
hladovaťumierať od hladu
stradati
svälta
อดอาหาร
açlıktan midesi kazınmakaçlıktan öl mekaçlıktan ölmekçok acıkmak
chết đói
starve
[stɑːv]A. VT
B. VI (= lack food) → pasar hambre, padecer hambre; (= die) → morir(se) de hambre
to starve to death → morirse de hambre
I'm starving! → estoy muerto de hambre
to starve to death → morirse de hambre
I'm starving! → estoy muerto de hambre
starve out VT + ADV to starve a garrison out → hacer que una guarnición se rinda por hambre
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
starve
[ˈstɑːrv] vi (= die of hunger) → mourir de faim (= be malnourished) → mourir de faim
People were literally starving → Les gens mouraient littéralement de faim.
to starve to death → mourir de faim
People were literally starving → Les gens mouraient littéralement de faim.
to starve to death → mourir de faim
vt
(= deprive) to be starved of sth [+ investment, choice] → manquer cruellement de qch; [+ affection] → être sevré(e) de qch
The coal industry had been starved of investment → L'industrie du charbon manquait cruellement d'investissement.
The coal industry had been starved of investment → L'industrie du charbon manquait cruellement d'investissement.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
starve
vt
(= deprive of food) → hungern lassen; (also starve out) → aushungern; (= kill: also starve to death) → verhungern lassen, hungers sterben lassen (geh); to starve oneself → hungern; to starve a town into surrender → eine Stadt durch Aushungern zur Kapitulation zwingen; I’m starved (inf) → ich hab ’nen Mordshunger (inf); he starved his way through college → er hat sich (dat) → das Studium vom Mund abgespart
(fig) to starve somebody of something → jdm etw vorenthalten or verweigern; to be starved of oxygen → Sauerstoffmangel haben; to be starved of capital/graduates → an akutem Kapital-/Akademikermangel leiden; to be starved of affection → zu wenig Zuneigung erfahren, an Liebesentzug leiden
vi → hungern; (= die: also starve to death) → verhungern; I’m starving (inf) → ich hab ’nen Mordshunger (inf); you must be starving! → du musst doch halb verhungert sein! (inf); to starve for something (fig) → nach etw hungern
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
starve
[stɑːv]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
starve
(staːv) verb1. to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger. In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.
2. to be very hungry. Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.
starˈvation noun a starving state. They died of starvation.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
starve
→ يَجُوعُ hladovět sulte verhungern λιμοκτονώ pasar hambre kuolla nälkään mourir de faim gladovati morire di fame 餓死する 굶어죽다 verhongeren sulte zagłodzić passar fome голодать svälta อดอาหาร açlıktan ölmek chết đói 饿得要死Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
starve
v. pasar hambre, privar de alimentos.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
starve
vi pasar hambre; morir de hambre; vt privar de comidaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.