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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
starving
    adj 1: suffering from lack of food [syn: starved, starving]
    n 1: the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the
         besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were
         charged with the starvation of children in their care"
         [syn: starvation, starving]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Starve \Starve\ (st[aum]rv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Starved
   (st[aum]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Starving.] [OE. sterven to
   die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG.
   sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil.]
   1. To die; to perish. [Obs., except in the sense of perishing
      with cold or hunger.] --Lydgate.
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            In hot coals he hath himself raked . . .
            Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. --Chaucer.
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   2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want;
      to be very indigent.
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            Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. --Pope.
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   3. To perish or die with cold. --Spenser.
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            Have I seen the naked starve for cold? --Sandys.
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            Starving with cold as well as hunger. --W. Irving.
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   Note: In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used
         in the United States.
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