· be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"

Synonym(s): hunger, famish

Hypernym(s): suffer, hurt

Antonym(s): be_full

· die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"

Synonym(s): famish

Hypernym(s): die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass_away, expire, pass, kick_the_bucket, cash_in_one%27s_chips, buy_the_farm, conk, give-up_the_ghost, drop_dead, pop_off, choke, croak, snuff_it

· deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"

Synonym(s): famish

Hypernym(s): deprive

Antonym(s): feed

· have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

Synonym(s): crave, hunger, thirst, lust

Hypernym(s): desire, want

· deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"

Hypernym(s): deprive

· suffering from lack of food

Synonym(s): starving

· extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"

Synonym(s): famished, ravenous, sharp-set, esurient