āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to starve
01
āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāϰāĻž, āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϰā§āϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to be very hungry
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He did n't eat all day and was starving by the time dinner arrived.
āϏ⧠āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϰā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāϰāĻž, āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϰā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to die from lack of food
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The humanitarian organization provided emergency relief to communities at risk of starving.
āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āϤā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϰā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to deprive someone or something of food
Transitive: to starve sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The captives were cruelly treated and deliberately starved in the prison camps.
āĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§āĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϰā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĨ¤
04
āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to suffer great need or deprivation, typically of something essential, such as resources or care
Intransitive: to starve for a need or desire
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The family starved for love and affection after the loss of their father.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ āϏā§āύā§āĻšā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ
āύāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϰā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to deprive someone of attention, resources, affection, etc.
Transitive: to starve sb/sth | to starve sb/sth of a necessity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist âs creativity was starved by the constant pressure of deadlines.
āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§āϰ āϏā§āĻāύāĻļā§āϞāϤāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϰā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
starved
starving
starving
starve
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