Starving : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Starving	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
starving adj suffering from lack of food Synonym(s): starved, starving n the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care" Synonym(s): starvation, starving
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Starve \Starve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Starved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Starving}.] [OE. sterven to die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG. sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil.] 1. To die; to perish. [Obs., except in the sense of perishing with cold or hunger.] --Lydgate. In hot coals he hath himself raked . . . Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. --Chaucer. 2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent. Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. --Pope. 3. To perish or die with cold. --Spenser. Have I seen the naked starve for cold? --Sandys. Starving with cold as well as hunger. --W. Irving. Note: In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used of the United States.