starve something for something
Look at other dictionaries:
starve something of something — ˌstarve sb/sth of ˈsth derived (NAmE also ˌstarve sb/sth for ˈsth) usually passive to not give sth that is needed • I felt starved of intelligent conversation. • The department has been starved of resources … Useful english dictionary
starve somebody for something — ˌstarve sb/sth of ˈsth derived (NAmE also ˌstarve sb/sth for ˈsth) usually passive to not give sth that is needed • I felt starved of intelligent conversation. • The department has been starved of resources … Useful english dictionary
starve — S3 [sta:v US sta:rv] v [: Old English; Origin: steorfan to die ] 1.) to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat ▪ Thousands of people will starve if food doesn t reach the city. ▪ pictures of starving children ▪ They ll either die… … Dictionary of contemporary English
starve — [stärv] vi. starved, starving [ME sterven < OE steorfan, to die, perish, akin to Ger sterben: see START] 1. a) to die from lack of food b) to suffer or become weak from hunger c) Informal to be ravenously hungry … English World dictionary
starve — UK US /stɑːv/ verb [T, often passive] ► if a company, etc. is starved of something necessary or good, it does not receive enough of it: starve sth of sth »His predecessor in the job had starved the business of capital investment. be starved… … Financial and business terms
starve somebody of something — ˌstarve sb/sth of ˈsth derived (NAmE also ˌstarve sb/sth for ˈsth) usually passive to not give sth that is needed • I felt starved of intelligent conversation. • The department has been starved of resources … Useful english dictionary
starve — 01. Many people in North Korea [starved] to death during the famine there. 02. A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it [starves] to death. 03. Apparently, if an insect chews on gum, its jaws will stick together, and it will… … Grammatical examples in English
starve — verb (I, T) 1 to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat, or to make someone else do this: Thousands of people will starve if food doesn t reach the stricken city. | starve sth: The dog looked like it had been starved. | starve to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
starve — [c]/stav / (say stahv) verb (starved, starving) –verb (i) 1. to die or perish from hunger. 2. to be in process of perishing, or to suffer severely, from hunger. 3. Colloquial to be hungry. 4. to suffer from extreme poverty and need. 5. Obsolete… …
starve — [[t]stɑ͟ː(r)v[/t]] starves, starving, starved 1) VERB If people starve, they suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to their death. A number of the prisoners we saw are starving... [V to n] In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians… … English dictionary
