starving

/ˈstɑːvɪŋ//ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/

verb

1
To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
2
To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
3
To be very hungry.
“Hey, ma, I'm starving! What's for dinner?”
4
To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
5
To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
“The patient's brain was starved of oxygen.”
6
To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
7
(especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold.
“I was half starved waiting out in that wind.”

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