starve

Universal Words verb 1 to suffer or die because you do not have enough food to eat; to make sb suffer or die in this way: [V] The animals were left to starve to death. * pictures of starving children * The new job doesn't pay as much but we won't starve! * [VN] She's starving herself to try to lose weight. * Many of the prisoners looked half starved. 2 (-starved) (in adjectives) not having sth that you need: supply-starved rebels seealsoCASH-STARVED IDIOMS be starving (for sth) (also be starved especially in AmE) (informal) to feel very hungry: When's food? I'm starving! PHRASALVERBS starve sb into sth / into doing sth to force sb to do sth by not allowing them to get any food or money: The blockade was aimed at starving the country into submission. starve sb/sth of sth (AmE also starve sb/sth for sth) [usuallypassive] to not give sth that is needed: I felt starved of intelligent conversation. * The department has been starved of resources. starve sb<->out (of sth) to force sb to leave a particular building or area by not allowing them to get any food: If they won't come out, we'll starve them out!