starve

starve · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To suffer or die from lack of food.

  2. 2.

    To deprive of something necessary.

Related words

Antonyms: feed, nourish
See also: famine, feed, hunger
Synonyms: famish, hunger

Etymology

From Old English steorfan ("to die"), later narrowed to mean death from hunger.