Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - starve
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Starve
starve
verb (~d; starving) Etymology: Middle English sterven to die, ~, from Old English steorfan to die; akin to Old High German sterban to die, and probably to Lithuanian starinti to stiffen — more at stare Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. a. to perish from lack of food b. to suffer extreme hunger 2. a. archaic to die of cold b. British to suffer greatly from cold 3. to suffer or perish from deprivation ~d for affection transitive verb 1. a. to kill with hunger b. to deprive of nourishment c. to cause to capitulate by or as if by depriving of nourishment 2. to destroy by or cause to suffer from deprivation 3. archaic to kill with cold
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1.
v. 1 intr. die of hunger; suffer from malnourishment. 2 tr. cause to die of hunger or suffer from lack of food. 3 intr. suffer from extreme poverty. 4 intr. colloq. feel very hungry (I'm starving). 5 intr. a suffer from mental or spiritual want. b (foll. by for) feel a strong craving for (sympathy, amusement, knowledge, etc.). 6 tr. a (foll. by of) deprive of; keep scantily supplied with (starved of affection). b cause to suffer from mental or spiritual want. 7 tr. a (foll. by into) compel by starving (starved into submission). b (foll. by out) compel to surrender etc. by starving (starved them out). 8 intr. archaic or dial. perish with or suffer from cold. Derivatives starvation n. Etymology: OE steorfan die ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1) голодать 2) испытывать необходимость в каком-л. компоненте среды 3) умирать от истощения to starve out — отмирать ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
4.
1. страдать от голода; недоедать to starve to death —- умирать голодной смертью some live in luxury, while others are starving —- одни купаются в роскоши, другие влачат полуголодное существование 2. разг. проголодаться I'm simply starving —- я умираю от голода 3. морить голодом, лишать пищи to be starved —- умирать от голода to starve smb. into surrender (into submission) —- взять кого-л. измором to starve smb. to death —- уморить голодом 4. (of) лишать чего-л., не давать чего-л. to be starved of drink —- хотеть пить 5. разг. жаждать (чего-л.); умирать от желания (получить что-л.) he is starving for knowledge —- он жаждет знаний the child is starving for affection —- ребенку не хватает ласки, ребенок тянется к ласке 6. эл. разрядить (аккумклятор) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
5.
v. 1) умирать от голода 2) голодать 3) coll. чувствовать голод 4) морить голодом; to starve into surrender - взять измором 5) лишать пищи, истощать (тж. перен.) 6) жаждать (for - чего-л.); The children are starving for love. 7) obs. умирать; to starve with cold - умирать от холода ...Англо-русский словарь
6.
(starves, starving, starved) 1. If people starve, they suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to their death. A number of the prisoners we saw are starving... In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians starved to death or were deported... Getting food to starving people does nothing to stop the war. VERB: V, V to n, V-ing 2. To starve someone means not to give them any food. He said the only alternative was to starve the people, and he said this could not be allowed to happen... Judy decided I was starving myself. VERB: V n, V pron-refl 3. If a person or thing is starved of something that they need, they are suffering because they are not getting enough of it. The electricity industry is not the only one to have been starved of investment... VERB: be V-ed of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
7.
~ v 1 to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat, or to make someone else do this (Thousands of people will starve if food doesn't reach the stricken city. | starve sth) (The dog looked like it had been starved. | starve to death (=die from lack of food)) (They'll either die from the cold or starve to death.) 2 to not give or not be given something very important, for example love or money, with harmful results + of (The schools are understaffed and starved of funds.) be starved for sth AmE (=not get any at all) (That poor kid's just starved for attention.) 3 be starving also be starved especially AmE spoken to be very hungry (You must be starving! Come and eat lunch.) starve sb into phr v to force someone to do something, by preventing them from getting food or money (The miners were starved into submission.) starve sb out phr v to force someone to leave a place by preventing them from getting food (If we can't blast them out, we'll starve them out.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
8.
- O.E. steorfan "to die," from P.Gmc. *sterban "be stiff." The sense narrowed to "die of cold" 12c.; the sense of "to kill with hunger" is first recorded 1530. Ger. cognate sterben retains the original sense of the word. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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