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1. starve
verb. ['ˈstɑːrv'] be hungry; go without food.
Etymology
- sterven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- steorfan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Starve
- marv
- harve
- harv
- farve
- carve
Sentences with starve
1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Infants who starve might never develop proper brain function.
2. Verb, base form
Wet, soggy soil can starve a plant of oxygen and effectively drown it.
Quotes about starve
1. District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.
- Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
2. I have been used to consider poetry as "the food of love"said Darcy."Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what isstrong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, Iam convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away.
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
3. To wisely live your life, you don't need to know muchJust remember two main rules for the beginning:You better starve, than eat whateverAnd better be alone, than with whoever.
- Omar Khayyám, Rubaiyat
2. starve
verb. ['ˈstɑːrv'] die of food deprivation.
Synonyms
Etymology
- sterven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- steorfan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. starve
verb. ['ˈstɑːrv'] deprive of food.
Etymology
- sterven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- steorfan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. starve
verb. ['ˈstɑːrv'] deprive of a necessity and cause suffering.
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Antonyms
Etymology
- sterven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- steorfan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))