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famish
fam·ish F0029000 (făm′ĭsh)v. fam·ished, fam·ish·ing, fam·ish·es v.tr.1. To cause to endure severe hunger.2. To cause to starve to death.v.intr.1. To endure severe deprivation, especially of food.2. To undergo starvation and die.
[Middle English famishen, alteration of famen, from Old French afamer, from Vulgar Latin *affamāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin famēs, hunger.]
fam′ish·ment n.famish (ˈfæmɪʃ) vb1. (now usually passive) to be or make very hungry or weak2. archaic to die or cause to die from starvation3. Irish to make very cold: I was famished with the cold. [C14: from Old French afamer, via Vulgar Latin, from Latin famēs famine] ˈfamishment nfam•ish (ˈfæm ɪʃ)
v.t., v.i. 1. to suffer extreme hunger. 2. Archaic. to starve to death. [1350–1400; Middle English to starve] famine, famish - Famine and famish come from Latin fames, "hunger."See also related terms for hunger.famish
Past participle: famished
Gerund: famishing
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| I famish | | you famish | | he/she/it famishes | | we famish | | you famish | | they famish |
| Preterite |
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| I famished | | you famished | | he/she/it famished | | we famished | | you famished | | they famished |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am famishing | | you are famishing | | he/she/it is famishing | | we are famishing | | you are famishing | | they are famishing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have famished | | you have famished | | he/she/it has famished | | we have famished | | you have famished | | they have famished |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was famishing | | you were famishing | | he/she/it was famishing | | we were famishing | | you were famishing | | they were famishing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had famished | | you had famished | | he/she/it had famished | | we had famished | | you had famished | | they had famished |
| Future |
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| I will famish | | you will famish | | he/she/it will famish | | we will famish | | you will famish | | they will famish |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have famished | | you will have famished | | he/she/it will have famished | | we will have famished | | you will have famished | | they will have famished |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be famishing | | you will be famishing | | he/she/it will be famishing | | we will be famishing | | you will be famishing | | they will be famishing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been famishing | | you have been famishing | | he/she/it has been famishing | | we have been famishing | | you have been famishing | | they have been famishing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been famishing | | you will have been famishing | | he/she/it will have been famishing | | we will have been famishing | | you will have been famishing | | they will have been famishing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been famishing | | you had been famishing | | he/she/it had been famishing | | we had been famishing | | you had been famishing | | they had been famishing |
| Conditional |
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| I would famish | | you would famish | | he/she/it would famish | | we would famish | | you would famish | | they would famish |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have famished | | you would have famished | | he/she/it would have famished | | we would have famished | | you would have famished | | they would have famished |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | famish - be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"starve, hungersuffer, hurt - feel pain or be in pain | | 2. | famish - deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"starvestarve - deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"deprive - keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | | 3. | famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"starvecroak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
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famish (făm′ĭsh)v. fam·ished, fam·ishing, fam·ishes v.tr.1. To cause to endure severe hunger.2. To cause to starve to death.v.intr.1. To endure severe deprivation, especially of food.2. To undergo starvation and die.
fam′ish·ment n.famish
Related to famish: hungeredSynonyms for famishverb be hungrySynonymsRelated Wordsverb deprive of foodSynonymsRelated Wordsverb die of food deprivationSynonymsRelated Words- croak
- decease
- die
- drop dead
- buy the farm
- cash in one's chips
- give-up the ghost
- kick the bucket
- pass away
- perish
- snuff it
- pop off
- expire
- conk
- exit
- choke
- go
- pass
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