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Meaning of word famish from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Be hungry. Go without food.

Example : Let's eat--I'm starving!.

Synonyms : hunger, starve

Be sated, have enough to eat.

I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please.
be full

Meaning : Deprive of food.

Example : They starved the prisoners.

Synonyms : starve

Give food to.

Feed the starving children in India.
Don't give the child this tough meat.
feed, give

Meaning : Die of food deprivation.

Example : The political prisoners starved to death.
Many famished in the countryside during the drought.

Synonyms : starve

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

wear away (verb)
Cut away in small pieces.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

changeover (noun)
An event that results in a transformation.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.

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