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Definition of starve verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    starve

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//stɑrv//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they starve
     
    he / she / it starves
     
    past simple starved
     
    -ing form starving
     
     
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  1. 1[intransitive, transitive] to suffer or die because you do not have enough food to eat; to make someone suffer or die in this way The animals were left to starve to death. pictures of starving children The new job doesn't pay as much but we won't starve! starve somebody/yourself She's starving herself to try to lose weight. Many of the prisoners looked half-starved.
  2. 2-starved (in adjectives) not having something that you need supply-starved rebels see cash-starved
    3. Idioms
    be starving (for something) (also be starved) (informal)
     
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    to feel very hungry When's dinner? I'm starving!     Phrasal Verbsstarve into doingstarve ofstarve out
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