starvation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: starvation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for starvation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
starvation n a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period Synonym(s): starvation, famishment 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]:
Starvation \Starva"tion\, n. The act of starving, or the state of being starved. Note: This word was first used, according to Horace Walpole, by Henry Dundas, the first Lord Melville, in a speech on American affairs in 1775, which obtained for him the nickname of Starvation* Dundas. [bd]Starvation, we are also told, belongs to the class of 'vile compounds' from being a mongrel; as if English were not full of mongrels, and if it would not be in distressing straits without them.[b8] --Fitzed. Hall.