vverb.consumptionbe hungry; go without foodSynset:famish hunger starve
Antonyms:be full
Derivationally Related Form:starvationhunger
Hypernyms:hurt suffer
Inherited Hypernyms:starvesufferbe
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.consumptiondie of food deprivationSynset:famish starve
Examples:- The political prisoners starved to death
- Many famished in the countryside during the drought
Hypernyms:buy the farm cash in one's chips choke conk croak decease die drop dead exit expire give-up the ghost go kick the bucket pass pass away perish pop off snuff it
Inherited Hypernyms:starvediechange statechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.consumptiondeprive of foodSynset:famish starve
Examples:- They starved the prisoners
Antonyms:feed
Derivationally Related Form:starvingstarvation
Hypernyms:deprive
Inherited Hypernyms:starvedeprivewithholddenykeephave
Causes:famish hunger starve
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.consumptionhave a craving, appetite, or great desire forSynset:crave hunger lust starve thirst
Derivationally Related Form:thirstlusthungercraving
Hypernyms:desire want
Inherited Hypernyms:cravedesire
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | Somebody ---s something (apply to: crave) | They --- more bread (apply to: crave)
vverb.consumptiondeprive of a necessity and cause sufferingExamples:- he is starving her of love
- The engine was starved of fuel
Hypernyms:deprive
Inherited Hypernyms:starvedeprivewithholddenykeephave
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
adj satadj.allsuffering from lack of foodSynset:starving
Antonyms:nourished
Inherited Hypernyms:starved
Similar to:malnourished
adj satadj.allextremely hungrySynset:esurient famished ravenous sharp-set
Examples:- they were tired and famished for food and sleep
- a ravenous boy
- the family was starved and ragged
- fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
Antonyms:thirsty
Derivationally Related Form:esurienceravenousness
Inherited Hypernyms:famished
Similar to:hungry