Definitions for starved
Overview of verb starve
The verb starve has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) starve, hunger, famish
(be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat
2. (3) starve, famish
(die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought")
3. (1) starve, famish
(deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners")
4. crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust
(have a craving, appetite, or great desire for)
5. starve
(deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel")
Overview of adj starved
The adj starved has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) starved, starving
(suffering from lack of food)
2. famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient
(extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy")
