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

Meaning : Be hungry. Go without food.

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

Synonyms : famish, hunger

Be sated, have enough to eat.

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

Meaning : Die of food deprivation.

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

Synonyms : famish

Meaning : Deprive of food.

Example : They starved the prisoners.

Synonyms : famish

Give food to.

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

Meaning : Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for.

Synonyms : crave, hunger, lust, thirst

Meaning : Deprive of a necessity and cause suffering.

Example : He is starving her of love.
The engine was starved of fuel.

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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