2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Starvation \Star*va"tion\, n.
The act of starving, or the state of being starved.
Note: This word was first used according to Horace Walpole,
by Henry Dundas, the first Lord Melville, in a speech
on American affairs in 1775, which obtained for him the
nickname of Starvation Dundas. ``Starvation, we are
also told, belongs to the class of 'vile compounds'
from being a mongrel; as if English were not full of
mongrels, and if it would not be in distressing straits
without them.'' --Fitzed. Hall.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
starvation
n 1: a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential
nutrients over a prolonged period [syn: {famishment}]
2: the act of starving; "they were charged with the starvation
of children in their care" [syn: {starving}]
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