1. Verb
To die; to perish.
2. Verb
To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
3. Verb
To perish or die with cold.
4. Verb
To destroy with cold.
5. Verb
To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
6. Verb
To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender.
7. Verb
To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.
8. Verb
To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.
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