Found 3 items, similar to Famished.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: famished
sangat lapar
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: famished
famished
adj : 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:
ravenous,
sharp-set,
starved,
esurient]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Famished
Famish
\Fam"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Famished; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Famishing.] [OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See
Famine, and cf.
Affamish.]
1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. --Shak.
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2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to
distress with hanger.
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And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the
people cried to Pharaoh for bread. --Cen. xli.
55.
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The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. --Dryden.
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3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation
or denial of anything necessary.
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And famish him of breath, if not of bread. --Milton.
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4. To force or constrain by famine.
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He had famished Paris into a surrender. --Burke.
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