starve
English Thesaurus
1. die of food deprivation (verb.consumption)
| hypernym | : | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it, |
| definition | : | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change) |
2. deprive of food (verb.consumption)
| hypernym | : | deprive, |
| definition | : | keep from having, keeping, or obtaining (verb.possession) |
| verb group | : | starve, |
| definition | : | deprive of a necessity and cause suffering (verb.consumption) |
3. deprive of a necessity and cause suffering (verb.consumption)
| hypernym | : | deprive, |
| definition | : | keep from having, keeping, or obtaining (verb.possession) |
| verb group | : | famish, starve, |
| definition | : | deprive of food (verb.consumption) |
4. be hungry; go without food (verb.consumption)
| hypernym | : | hurt, suffer, |
| definition | : | feel pain or be in pain (verb.body) |
5. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for (verb.consumption)
| hypernym | : | desire, want, |
| definition | : | feel or have a desire for; want strongly (verb.emotion) |
6. deprive of food (verb.consumption)
| antonym | : | feed, give, |
| definition | : | give food to (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | starvation, starving, |
| definition | : | the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine (noun.act) |
7. be hungry; go without food (verb.consumption)
| antonym | : | be full, |
| definition | : | be sated, have enough to eat (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | hunger, hungriness, |
| definition | : | a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | famishment, starvation, |
| definition | : | a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period (noun.state) |
8. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for (verb.consumption)
| derivation | : | lust, luxuria, |
| definition | : | self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | craving, |
| definition | : | an intense desire for some particular thing (noun.feeling) |
9. deprive of food (verb.consumption)
| antonym | : | feed, give, |
| definition | : | give food to (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | starvation, starving, |
| definition | : | the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine (noun.act) |
10. be hungry; go without food (verb.consumption)
| antonym | : | be full, |
| definition | : | be sated, have enough to eat (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | hunger, hungriness, |
| definition | : | a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | famishment, starvation, |
| definition | : | a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period (noun.state) |
11. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for (verb.consumption)
| derivation | : | lust, luxuria, |
| definition | : | self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | craving, |
| definition | : | an intense desire for some particular thing (noun.feeling) |
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