starving

Meaning of starving

verb
  1. To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
  2. To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
  3. To be very hungry.
    Hey, ma, I'm starving! What's for dinner?
  4. To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
  5. To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
    The patient's brain was starved of oxygen.
  6. To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
  7. (especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold.
    I was half starved waiting out in that wind.

noun

Starvation

Information about starving

  • The plural form of starving is: starvings.
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Hyphenation of starving

starv-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • starving is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

starving synonyms

Meaning starved:

starved

Meaning starvation:

starvation

Words that rhyme with starving

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