starve

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Verb

Plain form starve

Third-person singular starves

Past tense starved

Past participle starved

Present participle starving

1. (transitive & intransitive) When you starve, you die from not having enough food.

   Many people starved in this earthquake as there was not enough food available.

   She wanted to be thin and she ended up starving herself to death.

2. (intransitive) When you are starving, you are very hungry.

   I didn't eat my breakfast and now I'm starving.