Starved

adj, verb, slang

adj, verb, slang ·1 syllable ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of starve form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
  2. 2
    Deprived of nourishment or of something vital. broadly

    "Alas poore hart, that kiſſe is comfortleſſe, / As frozen vvater to a ſtarued ſnake."

  3. 3
    Extremely hungry. colloquial, emphatic, excessive

    "I’m starved! I haven’t eaten since breakfast."

Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely hungry wordnet
  2. 2
    suffering from lack of food wordnet

Example

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"Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death."

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