/stahrv"ling/ , n.
1. a person, animal, or plant that is starving.
adj.
2. starving; suffering from lack of nourishment.
3. pining with want.
4. poverty-stricken.
5. poor in condition or quality.
6. such as to entail or suggest starvation.
[ 1540-50; STARVE + -LING 1 ]