| VERB | consumption | starve, hunger, famish | be hungry |
|---|---|---|---|
| consumption | starve, famish | die of food deprivation | |
| consumption | starve, famish | deprive of food | |
| consumption | starve, crave, hunger, thirst, lust | have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | |
| consumption | starve | deprive of a necessity and cause suffering |
| Sounds | staa'rv | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | carve | |
| Meaning | Be hungry; go without food. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | hunger, famish | |
| 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 |
| Nouns | starvation | a state of extreme / extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period |
| Meaning | die of food deprivation. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The political prisoners starved to death" | |
| Synonym | famish | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | deprive of food. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "They starved the prisoners" | |
| Synonym | famish | |
| 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 | |
| Nouns | starvation, starving | the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine |
| Meaning | Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | crave, hunger, thirst, lust | |
| Broader | desire, want | Feel or have a desire for |
| Spanish | ambicionar, anhelar, ansiar, desear | |
| Catalan | ambicionar, anhelar, ansiar, cobejar, delejar, sospirar per | |
| Meaning | deprive of a necessity and cause suffering. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The engine was starved of fuel" | |
| Broader | deprive | Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining |
| Similar to | starve, famish | deprive of food |
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