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US/stɑːrv/
UK/stɑːv/
to suffer or die because you do not have enough food
In context
Thousands of people starved when the harvest failed.
If I do not eat soon, I will starve.
The farmer would not let his animals starve in the winter.
Words that go with starve
verb + preposition
- starve to deathMany animals starved to death that winter.
- starve forThe child starved for attention.
verb + noun
- let someone starveThey would never let a neighbor starve.
- starve yourselfDo not starve yourself to lose weight.
- starve the cityThe siege starved the city into surrender.
adverb + verb
- nearly starveThe prisoners nearly starved.