starved

Now get hence, or by the Sambhur that I killed (I eat no starved cattle), back thou goest to thy mother, burned beast of the jungle, lamer than ever thou camest into the world!

So if I am starved or killed here, it will be all my own fault.

What a starved, unloved life she had had--a life of drudgery and poverty and neglect; for Marilla was shrewd enough to read between the lines of Anne’s history and divine the truth.

“I should like something to eat besides fruit,” said the girl, “and I’m sure Toto is nearly starved.