Found 4 items, similar to Starving.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: starving
kelaparan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: starving
bulur
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: starving
starving
adj : suffering from lack of food [syn:
starved]
n : the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine;
“the
beseigers used starvation to induce surrender”;
“they
were charged with the starvation of children in their
care” [syn:
starvation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Starving
Starve
\Starve\ (st[aum]rv), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Starved
(st[aum]rvd); 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.
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In hot coals he hath himself raked . . .
Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. --Chaucer.
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2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want;
to be very indigent.
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Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. --Pope.
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3. To perish or die with cold. --Spenser.
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Have I seen the naked starve for cold? --Sandys.
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Starving with cold as well as hunger. --W. Irving.
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Note: In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used
in the United States.
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