Definitions from Wiktionary (starve)
▸ verb: (intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be very hungry.
▸ verb: (transitive) To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
▸ verb: (transitive) To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
▸ verb: (transitive) To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
▸ verb: (transitive, British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
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▸ verb: (intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be very hungry.
▸ verb: (transitive) To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
▸ verb: (transitive) To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
▸ verb: (transitive) To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
▸ verb: (transitive, British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
▸ Also see starve
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