intransitive. To die, esp. of hunger; to starve.

transitive. To cause to suffer famine; to starve. Also figurative.

Of persons, in figurative phrase ‘it is better to bow than to burst’. Also: To perish (by hunger).

intransitive. To die of starvation, perish from want of food. Also, to famish with hunger. to famish a dog's death. Obsolete.

intransitive. To suffer, or die of, hunger; to starve.

intransitive. Of a person or animal: to die. Also figurative of the soul. Obsolete.

intransitive. To suffer or die from hunger; to starve.