| VERB | consumption | famish, starve, hunger | be hungry |
|---|---|---|---|
| consumption | famish, starve | deprive of food | |
| consumption | famish, starve | die of food deprivation |
| Meaning | Be hungry; go without food. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | starve, hunger | |
| Caused by | starve, famish | deprive of food |
| Broader | suffer, hurt | Feel pain or be in pain |
| Opposite | be full | Be sated, have enough to eat |
| Meaning | deprive of food. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | starve | |
| Cause to | starve, hunger, famish | Be hungry |
| Broader | deprive | Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining |
| Opposite | feed, give | Give food to |
| Similar to | starve | deprive of a necessity and cause suffering |
| Spanish | hacer pasar hambre, privar de comida | |
| Catalan | fer passar fam, privar de menjar | |
| Meaning | die of food deprivation. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" | |
| Synonym | starve | |
| Broader | die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it | Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life |
| Spanish | morir de inanición | |
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