- starve
- starveS3 [sta:v US sta:rv] v[: Old English; Origin: steorfan 'to die']1.)to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat▪ Thousands of people will starve if food doesn't reach the city.▪ pictures of starving children▪ They'll either die from the cold or starve to death (=die from lack of food) .2.) [T]to prevent someone from having enough food to live▪ The poor dog looked like it had been starved.3.) be starving [i]also be starved AmEto be very hungry▪ You must be starving!starve of [starve sb/sth of sth] phr vto not give something that is needed▪ The schools are starved of funding.▪ The poor kid's just starved for attention.starve out [starve sb<=>out] phr vto force someone to leave a place by preventing them from getting food▪ If we can't blast them out, we'll starve them out!
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.