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starved |
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]: starved adj 1: suffering from lack of food [syn: {starving}] 2: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" [syn: {famished}, {ravenous}, {sharp-set}, {esurient}]
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