To starve is to not have enough food. When the food supply is limited, people are often forced to starve.
The city was starving after the war, and there was no food to be found.
The soldiers were starving, and they were only able to find food occasionally.
verb
die of food deprivation
Synonyms:
verb
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
Synonyms:
verb
be hungry; go without food
Synonyms:
verb
deprive of food
Synonyms:
verb
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
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He starves to death due to an insatiable hunger.
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People starve in the land of the free.
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The Starve Creek is a river of the Bahamas.
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Discouraged and starving, the Khitans lost the battle.
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The goal was to starve, exhaust and antagonise the recruits.
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The horses used by the Europeans would starve.
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Saoirse's character is literally the inhabitant of a starving alien.
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During the civil war, the southerners were starving.
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The Japanese confiscated the grain and rice and the population starved.
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The orphans at the workhouse are starving because of their cruel treatment.