transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstärv ]
verb
( starved ; starv·ing )
Etymology: Middle English sterven to die, starve, from Old English steorfan to die; akin to Old High German sterban to die, and probably to Lithuanian starinti to stiffen — more at stare
Date: 15th century
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to perish from lack of food
b. : to suffer extreme hunger
2.
a. archaic : to die of cold
b. British : to suffer greatly from cold
3. : to suffer or perish from deprivation
starved for affection
transitive verb
1.
a. : to kill with hunger
b. : to deprive of nourishment
c. : to cause to capitulate by or as if by depriving of nourishment
2. : to destroy by or cause to suffer from deprivation
3. archaic : to kill with cold