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starve
What does starve mean?
starve (verb): to suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce starve?
/stɑɹv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does starve come from?
From Middle English sterven (“to die, perish”), from Old English steorfan (“to die, perish”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to starve
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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to suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating
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