famish | | |
v. (consumption) | 1. famish, hunger, starve | be hungry; go without food.; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" |
| ~ suffer, hurt | feel pain or be in pain. |
v. (consumption) | 2. famish, starve | deprive of food.; "They starved the prisoners" |
| ~ starve | deprive of a necessity and cause suffering.; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel" |
| ~ famish, starve, hunger | be hungry; go without food.; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" |
| ~ deprive | keep from having, keeping, or obtaining. |
v. (consumption) | 3. famish, starve | die of food deprivation.; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
starve | | |
v. (consumption) | 1. crave, hunger, lust, starve, thirst | have a craving, appetite, or great desire for. |
| ~ desire, want | feel or have a desire for; want strongly.; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" |
v. (consumption) | 2. starve | deprive of a necessity and cause suffering.; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel" |
| ~ famish, starve | deprive of food.; "They starved the prisoners" |
| ~ deprive | keep from having, keeping, or obtaining. |
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