■ verb
1》 suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger.
↘( ~ someone out or into ) force someone out of (a place) or into (a specified state) by starving them.
↘(usu. be ~d of or US for ) deprive of.
↘( be starving or ~d ) informal feel very hungry.
2》 archaic be freezing cold.
Derivatives
starvation noun
Origin
OE steorfan 'to die', of Gmc origin, prob. from a base meaning 'be rigid' (cf. stare ).