2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Starve \Starve\ (st[aum]rv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Starved} (st[aum]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Starving}.] [OE. sterven to die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG. sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil.] 1. To die; to perish. [Obs., except in the sense of perishing with cold or hunger.] --Lydgate. [1913 Webster] In hot coals he hath himself raked . . . Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent. [1913 Webster] Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To perish or die with cold. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Have I seen the naked starve for cold? --Sandys. [1913 Webster] Starving with cold as well as hunger. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] Note: In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used in the United States. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: starving adj : suffering from lack of food [syn: {starved}] n : the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the beseigers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care" [syn: {starvation}]
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