Starve

v. i.	1.	To die; to perish. [imp. & p. p. Starved (stärvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Starving.] In hot coals he hath himself raked . . . Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. - Chaucer.
	2.	To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent. Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. - Pope.
	3.	To perish or die with cold. Have I seen the naked starve for cold? - Sandys. Starving with cold as well as hunger. - W. Irving.
v. t.	1.	To destroy with cold. From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth. - Milton.
	2.	To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
	3.	To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starve a garrison into a surrender. Attalus endeavored to starve Italy by stopping their convoy of provisions from Africa. - Arbuthnot.
	4.	To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plants by depriving them of proper light and air.
	5.	To deprive of force or vigor; to disable. The pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed starved for matter in an age so fruitful of memorable actions. - Fuller. The powers of their minds are starved by disuse. - Locke.

Verb	1.	starve - be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" Synonyms: famish, hunger Antonyms: be full - be sated, have enough to eat; "I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please"
	2.	starve - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" Synonyms: famish
	3.	starve - deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" Synonyms: famish Antonyms: feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
	4.	starve - have a craving, appetite, or great desire for Synonyms: crave, lust, thirst, hunger
	5.	starve - deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"

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