starve

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Synonyms: stare, stave, sarve, starre, swarve, sparve, staree, sterve, starke

Antonyms: stare, stave, sarve, starre, swarve, sparve, staree, sterve, starke

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive|now often with {{m|en|to death}}}} To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be very [[hungry]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[kill]] or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make suffer severely by depriving of food.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To force a combatant to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in a targeted siege.
7. {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To force a [[population center]] to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in sieges in international armed conflicts.
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[deprive]] of nourishment or of some vital component.
9. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[deteriorate]] for want of any essential thing.
10. {{lb|en|transitive|British|especially|Yorkshire|and|Lancashire}} To [[kill]] with [[cold]]; to (cause to) [[die]] from [[cold]].
11. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[die]]; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.

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