STARVE

verb (~d; starving) see: stare Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to perish from lack of food, to suffer extreme hunger, 2. to die of cold, to suffer greatly from cold, to suffer or perish from deprivation , transitive verb 1. to kill with hunger, to deprive of nourishment, to cause to capitulate by or as if by depriving of nourishment, to destroy by or cause to suffer from deprivation, to kill with cold