to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.

to be in the process of perishing or suffering severely from hunger.

to suffer from extreme poverty and need.

to feel a strong need or desire

The child was starving for affection.

Chiefly British Dialect . to perish or suffer extremely from cold.

Obsolete . to die.

to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.

to subdue, or force to some condition or action, by hunger

to starve a besieged garrison into a surrender.

to cause to suffer for lack of something needed or craved.

Chiefly British Dialect . to cause to perish, or to suffer extremely, from cold.

adjective

full , satiated

adjective

craving , dehydrated , dog-hungry , drawn , dying , emaciated , empty , faint , famished , flying light , haggard , have munchies , hungering , hungry , malnourished , peaked , peaky , peckish , perishing , pinched , rattleboned , ravenous , skinny , starved , thin , underfed , undernourished , weakened , voracious