Dictionary Entry
starve
starve is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To die; to perish. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To die; to perish.
- 2intransitive verb
To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
- 3intransitive verb
To perish or die with cold.
- 4transitive verb
To destroy with cold.
- 5transitive verb
To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
- 6transitive verb
To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender.
- 7transitive verb
To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.
- 8transitive verb
To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.
- 9verb
die of food deprivation
"The political prisoners starved to death"
"Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
Synonyms
- 10verb
deprive of food
"They starved the prisoners"
Synonyms
- 11verb
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
"he is starving her of love"
"The engine was starved of fuel"
- 12verb
be hungry; go without food
"Let's eat--I'm starving!"
- 13verb
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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