Looking for the meaning of the word STARVE in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of STARVE with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Starve
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Old English steorfan ‘to die’, of Germanic origin, probably from a base meaning ‘be rigid’ (compare with stare); related to Dutch sterven and German sterben
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
stɑːv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger
Short Definition:suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger
Examples:- she left her animals to starve
- seven million starved to death
- for a while she had considered starving herself
Definition:
be freezing cold
Short Definition:be freezing cold
Examples:- pull down that window for we are perfectly starving here
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