STARVE


Meaning of STARVE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ slowly

▪ literally

She refused food and literally ~d herself to death.

VERB + STARVE

▪ leave sb to

He locked them in a room and left them to ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ for ( usually figurative )

He is starving for attention.

▪ of

The baby's brain had been ~d of oxygen.

PHRASES

▪ be half ~d

The poor cat was half ~d.

▪ keep sb from starving

320 tons of food are needed each month to keep millions from starving.

▪ ~ in the streets , ~ on the streets

Their policies will leave innocent children starving in the streets.

▪ ~ to death

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