English-Icelandic translations for starve
Definition of starve
- To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away
- To die because of lack of food or of not eating
- To be very hungry
- To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food
- To deteriorate for want of any essential thing
Examples
- Hey, ma, Im starving! Whats for dinner?
- The uncaring parents starved the child of love.
- The patients brain was starved of oxygen.
- I was half starved waiting out in that wind.
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