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  2  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  starving 
  adj  :  suffering  from  lack  of  food  [syn:  {starved}] 
  n  :  the  act  of  starving;  "they  were  charged  with  the  starvation 
  of  children  in  their  care"  [syn:  {starvation}] 




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