starved

1. 1
   adjectivecolloquialemphatic

   Feeling very hungry.

   Like when your stomach feels totally empty and all you can think about is food.

   I'm absolutely starved after that long walk in the hills.

   By the time dinner was ready, the kids were starved.

   Similarfamished, ravenous, hungry

   Oppositefull, stuffed, sated

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2. 2
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of starve. Use this form when talking about something that already happened.

   Many families starved during the famine that winter.

   The stray dog had nearly starved before anyone found it.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Not getting enough food, or enough of something else that is needed.

   Like a plant left without water until it begins to wilt.

   The young plants were starved of water during the long dry spell.

   The new players felt starved of support from the coaching staff.

   Similardeprived, bereft, short, devoid

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4. 4
   adjective

   Very thin and weak from not eating for a long time.

   Like an animal left without food for weeks until its bones show.

   The rescued horses were starved and could barely stand.

   Refugees arrived at the border thin and starved.

   Similaremaciated, malnourished, underfed, skeletal

   Oppositewell-fed, nourished

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