starve
/stɑɹv/verb1 syllable
Starve means: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for.
Synonyms for starve5
Opposites of starve
What does starve mean?5
verb
1
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
2
be hungry; go without food“Let's eat — I'm starving!”
3
die of food deprivation“The political prisoners starved to death”
4
deprive of food“They starved the prisoners”
5
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering“he is starving her of love”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with starve?1
one syllable
Starve in a sentence
- If we don't get something to eat soon, we'll all starve to death.CK
- You didn't want me to starve, did you?CK
- In the lights of some, freedom necessarily includes the freedom to starve.halfb1t
- Sami is not the kind to leave his dogs to starve.OsoHombre
- We cannot stand quiet and watch people starve.auxitt
- I might as well starve as do such a thing.unknown
- I would rather starve to death than steal.CK
- I hope that you don't starve to death.CK
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Forms of starve
as a verb
- past tense
- starved
- present participle
- starving
- third-person singular
- starves
- past participle
- starved