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English verb: starve | |||
| 1. | starve (consumption) be hungry; go without food | ||
| Samples | Let's eat--I'm starving!. | ||
| Synonyms | famish, hunger | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hurt, suffer | ||
| Antonyms | be full | ||
| 2. | starve (consumption) die of food deprivation | ||
| Samples | The political prisoners starved to death. Many famished in the countryside during the drought. | ||
| Synonyms | famish | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | 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 | ||
| 3. | starve (consumption) deprive of food | ||
| Samples | They starved the prisoners. | ||
| Synonyms | famish | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deprive | ||
| Cause | famish, hunger, starve | ||
| Verb group | starve | ||
| Antonyms | feed, give | ||
| 4. | starve (consumption) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | ||
| Synonyms | crave, hunger, lust, thirst | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | desire, want | ||
| 5. | starve (consumption) deprive of a necessity and cause suffering | ||
| Samples | He is starving her of love. The engine was starved of fuel. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deprive | ||
| Verb group | famish, starve | ||
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