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Definitions for Starved
[1] to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
[2] to be in the process of perishing or suffering severely from hunger.
[3] to suffer from extreme poverty and need.
[4] to feel a strong need or desire: The child was starving for affection.
[5] Chiefly British Dialect . to perish or suffer extremely from cold.
[6] Obsolete . to die.
[7] to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
[8] to subdue, or force to some condition or action, by hunger: to starve a besieged garrison into a surrender.
[9] to cause to suffer for lack of something needed or craved.
[10] Chiefly British Dialect . to cause to perish, or to suffer extremely, from cold.
[11] to die or cause to die from lack of food
[12] to deprive (a person or animal) or (of a person, etc) to be deprived of food
[13] (intr) informal to be very hungry
[14] (foll by of or for ) to deprive or be deprived (of something necessary), esp so as to cause suffering or malfunctioning the engine was starved of fuel
[15] (tr foll by into ) to bring (to) a specified condition by starving to starve someone into submission
[16] archaic to be or cause to be extremely cold
Words related to Starved
starvequit, renounce, refrain, withhold, forgo, cease, shun, require, demand, abstain, forbear, decline, refuse, spurn, avoid, eschew, stop, fast, abjure, curb
Words nearby Starved
starvestartle reflex, startling, startup, starvation, starvation wages, starve, starveling, starwort, stary oskol, stash, stashie
Origin of Starved
before 1000; Middle English sterven, Old English steorfan to die; cognate with German sterben
Other words from Starved
half-starved , adjective
half-starvĀ·ing , adjective
self-starved , adjective
unĀ·starved , adjective
Word origin for Starved
Old English steorfan to die; related to Old Frisian sterva to die, Old High German sterban to die
Synonyms for Starved
anorexic, malnourished, emaciated, famished, macerated, undernourished, ravenous