/stɑːv/
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Translation
To suffer badly or die because there is no food at all.
Word origin
From Old English steorfan, which simply meant to die. The meaning narrowed to dying of hunger.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- steorfan
Grammar
Verb typeregular (starve, starves, starved)
Examples
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To starve is far worse than to be hungry: there is no food at all.
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Starving over a long time can kill.
. ?
In everyday speech "starving" only means very hungry.
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