starved

verb

  1. 1

    To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.

  2. 2

    To die because of lack of food or of not eating.

  3. 3

    To be very hungry.

    Hey, ma, I'm starving! What's for dinner?
  4. 4

    To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.

  5. 5

    To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.

    The patient's brain was starved of oxygen.
  6. 6

    To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.

  7. 7

    (especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold.

    I was half starved waiting out in that wind.

adjective

  1. 1

    Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.

  2. 2

    (by extension) Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.

  3. 3

    Extremely hungry.

    I'm starved! I haven't eaten since breakfast.

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