starved, starving
(adjective) suffering from lack of food
starvation, starving
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
starving
present participle of starve
starving (plural starvings)
starvation
Source: Wiktionary
Starve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Starved; p. pr. & vb. n. Starving.] Etym: [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. In hot coals he hath himself raked . . . Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. Chaucer.
2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent. Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. Pope.
3. To perish or die with cold. Spenser. Have I seen the naked starve for cold Sandys. Starving with cold as well as hunger. W. Irving.
Note: In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used of the United States.
Starve, v. t.
1. To destroy with cold. [Eng.] From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth. Milton.
2. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
3. To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender. Attalus endeavored to starve Italy by stopping their convoy of provisions from Africa. Arbuthnot.
4. To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.
5. To deprive of force or vigor; to disable. The pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed starved for matter in an age so fruitful of memorable actions. Fuller. The powers of their minds are starved by disuse. Locke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 February 2025
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