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starve
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
starves; starved; starving
starves; starved; starving
Learner's definition of STARVE
1
[no object] : to suffer or die from lack of food : to suffer extreme hunger挨饿；饿死
- Without food they would starve.没有食物他们会饿死。
- They left him to starve out in the desert.他们把他留在沙漠中饿死。
- Those people are starving.那些人在挨饿。
- providing food for starving children为饥饿的孩子们提供食物
- The famine caused many to starve to death. [=to die from lack of food]饥荒使很多人饿死。
2
[+ object] : to cause (a person or animal) to suffer or die because of lack of food使挨饿；使饿死
- They tried to starve their enemies into submission.他们试图以断绝敌人食物来迫使他们屈服。
- It was clear that the dog had been starved.很明显，这条狗是饿着了。
- You don't have to starve yourself to lose weight.你不必通过饿肚子来减肥。
3
a [no object] chiefly US : to want or need something very much渴望；迫切需要；急需 — usually used as (be) starving for通常用作(be) starving for
- Those children are starving for attention. [=they badly need to be given more attention]那些孩子渴望得到关怀。
- After being alone for so long, I was starving for conversation.独处了这么久，我渴望和人交谈。
- a government program that is starving for funds急需资金的政府计划
b [+ object] : to not give (someone or something) enough of something that is wanted or needed使缺乏；使急需 — sometimes used in combination有时用于合成词
- Those children have been starved of attention. [=they have not been given enough attention]那些孩子未得到充分关怀。
- (chiefly US) Those children are starved for attention. [=they badly need to be given more attention]那些孩子急需得到更多关怀。
- a cash-starved company急需现金的公司
be starving
chiefly US, informal or be starved : to be very hungry非常饥饿
- I skipped lunch, so by dinnertime I was starving.我没吃午饭，所以晚饭时我很饿。
- When are we eating? I'm starved!我们什么时候吃饭？我很饿！
starved; starving
Example Sentences
Without food they would starve. They left him to starve out in the desert. providing food for starving children They tried to starve their enemies into submission. It was clear that the dog had been starved. You don't have to starve yourself to lose weight. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Without algae, corals turn white and begin to starve. 
Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 The critics argue that buybacks are driven by greedy executives and starve firms of capital for investment. Jesse M. Fried And Charles C.y. Wang, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 Worse, this particular Monte Carlo simulation shows two out of 500 trajectories in which Sam loses everything — with plenty of years left to starve. Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Scientists say people can starve within three days. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 But high nutrients and warm waters can exacerbate the growth of those organisms and create what’s known as harmful algal blooms, which are becoming more common across California as temperatures rise and water systems starve, The Chronicle reported. Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Aug. 2022 International trade would break down, and people would begin to starve. Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 Eventually, the root will starve and die from lack of photosynthesis. oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2022 For the past year, the plight of manatees has been high on the commission’s agenda, as loss of seagrass to pollution caused a record number to starve to death. David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2022 See More
Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 The critics argue that buybacks are driven by greedy executives and starve firms of capital for investment. Jesse M. Fried And Charles C.y. Wang, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 Worse, this particular Monte Carlo simulation shows two out of 500 trajectories in which Sam loses everything — with plenty of years left to starve. Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Scientists say people can starve within three days. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 But high nutrients and warm waters can exacerbate the growth of those organisms and create what’s known as harmful algal blooms, which are becoming more common across California as temperatures rise and water systems starve, The Chronicle reported. Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Aug. 2022 International trade would break down, and people would begin to starve. Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 Eventually, the root will starve and die from lack of photosynthesis. oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2022 For the past year, the plight of manatees has been high on the commission’s agenda, as loss of seagrass to pollution caused a record number to starve to death. David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English sterven to die, starve, from Old English steorfan to die; akin to Old High German sterban to die, and probably to Lithuanian starinti to stiffen — more at stare
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of starve was in the 15th century Phrases Containing starve
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