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Synonyms for starve
stɑrvstarve
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
starve, hunger, famishverb
be hungry; go without food
"Let's eat--I'm starving!"
starve, famishverb
die of food deprivation
"The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
starve, famishverb
deprive of food
"They starved the prisoners"
crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lustverb
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
starveverb
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
"he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"
Editors Contribution
enfamish
as a verb
Dictionary of English Synonymes
starveverb
Synonyms:
perish (especially with hunger)starveverb
Synonyms:
kill with hunger, starve to death
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
starveverb
Synonyms:
famish
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "starve":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#272 | check | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#7851 | deny | |
#8710 | hungry | |
#9424 | restrict | |
#9624 | hunger | |
#13567 | lust | |
#22042 | thirst | |
#23666 | crave | |
#24596 | starvation | |
#28795 | stint | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#31211 | disappoint | |
#37778 | starve | |
#148246 | tantalize |
How to use starve in a sentence?
The important thing is that this is a true story about real people and we had a duty as actors to do justice to these characters, ron (Howard) made sure that every aspect of this film was authentic so that meant we had to starve, learn how to sail, really go out to sea, so it was pretty grueling, but ... all for a good reason.
I can't even stand the thought of it, when I go to the beach and see all the plastic on the waves and in the sand. It's found in most every bird stomach and in sea turtles and whales that starve to death, and the problem is getting much worse.
It made me wonder whether someone stole her for dog fighting and either cut or tried to starve her to make her aggressive, bridget was also found wearing her distinctive pink, floral collar, and her leash, and my phone number was scratched off her tag — maybe the thief got spooked by all the media attention and dumped her on a random road.
If you stay at home, you'll just starve to death.
Eating tree nuts like walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios, and Brazil nuts may help prevent cancer, nuts contain cancer-fighting polyphenols that boost our immune systems to fight cancer, and they also have healthy omega 3 fatty acids, which can starve cancer by cutting off its blood supply.
Translations for starve
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- مات جوعًاArabic
- галадацьBelarusian
- гладувамBulgarian
- hladovětCzech
- llwguWelsh
- verhungern, aushungernGerman
- [[kuolla]] [[nälkä, nääntyä, nälkä, näännyttää, nälkiinnyttääFinnish
- svøltaFaroese
- être affamé, [[mourir]] de [[faim]], affamerFrench
- éheztet, éhenhal, éhezikHungarian
- 飢えさせる, 飢える, 餓死Japanese
- 굶어죽다Korean
- whakapuango, whakatikiMāori
- rammelen, verhongeren, uithongeren, [[sterven]] [[van]] [[de]] [[honger]]Dutch
- głodowaćPolish
- esfomear, morrer, morrendo, faminto, estar, fome, dePortuguese
- изголодаться, голодать, [[умирать]] [[от]] [[голод, проголодаться, чахнуть, [[морить]] [[голодRussian
- hladovaťSlovak
- stradatiSlovene
- svälta, svulten, utsvultenSwedish
- ఘోరకలి, ఆకలిచావు, చప్పిడికూడుTelugu
- голодуватиUkrainian
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