Dictionary entryCEFR B2verb
starve
IPA pronunciation: /stɑːv/
Listen to the pronunciationRussian meaning
голодать, морить голодом
English definition
To suffer or die from lack of food, or to cause someone to do this.
Example
Many people starve in times of famine.
Collocations
- starve to death
- starve for
- starve of
- starve yourself
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