|
|
starve
|
|
- pronunciation:
- starv
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
starves, starving, starved |
| definition 1: |
When someone starves, they die or suffer very much from not eating and drinking.
People were starving because drought destroyed crops over the whole area.Without money for food, the family starved. |
| definition 2: |
(informal) If you say you are starving, it means you feel very hungry.
I skipped lunch and now I'm starving! |
| definition 3: |
When you are starving for something, you feel a great desire for it because you don't get enough of it or you have never had it but you want it very much.
The little girl was starving for her father's attention. |
| derivation: |
starving (adj.) |
|
|