3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Starve  \Starve\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Starved};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Starving}.]  [OE.  sterven  to  die,  AS  steorfan  akin  to  D. 
  sterven,  G.  sterben,  OHG.  sterban  Icel.  starf  labor,  toil.] 
  1.  To  die;  to  perish.  [Obs.,  except  in  the  sense  of  perishing 
  with  cold  or  hunger.]  --Lydgate. 
 
  In  hot  coals  he  hath  himself  raked  .  .  .  Thus 
  starved  this  worthy  mighty  Hercules.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  To  perish  with  hunger;  to  suffer  extreme  hunger  or  want 
  to  be  very  indigent. 
 
  Sometimes  virtue  starves,  while  vice  is  fed.  --Pope. 
 
  3.  To  perish  or  die  with  cold.  --Spenser. 
 
  Have  I  seen  the  naked  starve  for  cold?  --Sandys. 
 
  Starving  with  cold  as  well  as  hunger.  --W.  Irving. 
 
  Note:  In  this  sense  still  common  in  England,  but  rarely  used 
  of  the  United  States. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Starve  \Starve\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  destroy  with  cold.  [Eng.] 
 
  From  beds  of  raging  fire,  to  starve  in  ice  Their 
  soft  ethereal  warmth.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  kill  with  hunger;  as  maliciously  to  starve  a  man  is 
  in  law,  murder. 
 
  3.  To  distress  or  subdue  by  famine;  as  to  starvea  garrison 
  into  a  surrender. 
 
  Attalus  endeavored  to  starve  Italy  by  stopping  their 
  convoy  of  provisions  from  Africa.  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  4.  To  destroy  by  want  of  any  kind  as  to  starve  plans  by 
  depriving  them  of  proper  light  and  air. 
 
  5.  To  deprive  of  force  or  vigor;  to  disable. 
 
  The  pens  of  historians,  writing  thereof,  seemed 
  starved  for  matter  in  an  age  so  fruitful  of 
  memorable  actions.  --Fuller. 
 
  The  powers  of  their  minds  are  starved  by  disuse. 
  --Locke. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  starve 
  v  1:  be  hungry;  go  without  food;  "Let's  eat--I'm  starving!"  [syn: 
  {hunger}]  [ant:  {be  full}] 
  2:  die  of  food  deprivation;  "The  political  prisoners  starved  to 
  death" 
  3:  deprive  of  food;  "They  starved  the  prisoners"  [ant:  {feed}] 
  4:  have  a  craving,  appetite,  or  great  desire  for  [syn:  {crave}, 
  {hunger},  {thirst},  {lust}] 

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