starve
verb /stɑːv/
/stɑːrv/ Definition
C1 [I or T] to (cause someone to) become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat: Whole communities starved to death during the long drought. From talking to former prisoners in the camps, an obvious conclusion is that they have been starved.Diets and dietingDeath and dying › [T often passive] If you are starved of something necessary or good, you do not receive enough of it: People starved of sleep start to lose their concentration and may hallucinate.Lacking thingsScarce, inadequate and not enoughEssential or necessaryScarce, inadequate and not enoughLacking things
(Definition of starve verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- anorexic adjective
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