English-Russian translations for starve

• голода́ть
• голодать
• изголода́ться
• проголода́ться
• ча́хнуть

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.

Related words

• starved
• starveling
• sex-starved
• starve to death
• starve oneself to death
• starve out
• feed a cold, starve a fever