Starve meaning

What does “starve” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“starve” is a verb with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: be hungry; go without food.

starve

be hungry; go without food
“Let's eat--I'm starving!”
Synonymshunger famish
Oppositesbe full
die of food deprivation
“The political prisoners starved to death”
“Many famished in the countryside during the drought”
Synonymsfamish
deprive of food
“They starved the prisoners”
Synonymsfamish
Oppositesfeed
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
Synonymscrave hunger thirst lust
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
“he is starving her of love”
“The engine was starved of fuel”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University