starve
/stɑɹv/ verbo B2En español: morir de hambre, hambrear
- To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
- To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating. · I was starving, so I wrote S.O.S. on the desert island using rocks.
- To be very hungry. · Can we go to a restaurant now? I'm starving!
- To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
- To make suffer severely by depriving of food.
- To force a combatant to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in a targeted siege. · If they refuse to surrender the garrison, we'll just starve them out.
- To force a population center to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in sieges in international armed conflicts.
- To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component. · The uncaring parents starved the child of love.· The patient’s brain was starved of oxygen.
Plural starve · He/she/it starves · Pasado starved · Participio pasado starved · Forma en -ing starving
Formas del verbo
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- He/she/it
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- Pasado
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- Participio pasado
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- Forma en -ing
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De la biblioteca
“I should like something to eat besides fruit,” said the girl, “and I’m sure Toto is nearly starved.
“If I cannot harness you,” said the Witch to the Lion, speaking through the bars of the gate, “I can starve you.
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.
“When did you ever hear of me starving people into good behavior?” demanded Marilla indignantly.
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