to starve
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3.5
- verb
- /stɑrv/
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- At the same time, the conditions of schooling marginalize the arts; they starve them of time and resources.
- starved of resources
- starved of cash
You cannot starve Palestine out of our hearts.
- You cannot starve Palestine out of our hearts.
- When you take the fiber out of the food, you're starving the bacteria.
- Otherwise the worst thing you can do for your brain is starve it of oxygen.
- The brain will start to devour more because it's been starved of REM sleep for so long.
- And with anorexia, the brain starved of fats.
- You can, you can limit what, what monetary weaponry, economic assistance, You can, you can starve your opponent out.
- So to think that we don't have real needs, you know, we've had a decade of crises and you know, we've been starving our social programs.
- And I think that's that's a word that this team's been starved of for, for quite a while.
Examples
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We've been effectively starving the Confederacy of needed arms and supplies.
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Without regular maintenance, the machine will starve of the oil it needs to function correctly.
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So for instance, you could, you have a growing child and you can starve that child and stunt its growth.
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Are you asking me to give up food and soap... and God knows what else, so I can starve and sing?!
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I can hardly wait and have purposely starved myself all day in anticipation.
Fiction book (1991) -
The strict regulations will starve the industry of necessary resources for growth.
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If we continue to ignore their needs, we will starve the community of vital support and services.
Synonyms
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8.5
To make someone or something very weak by not giving food
To give too little food to a person, animal, or plant
Antonyms
How Deprived
Surface Forms
Etymology
Starve comes from an old English word steorfan meaning 'to die', and because food is a basic need we now use starve when anything is cut off from what it needs, for example plants without sunlight or a body without vitamins, causing harm.