# starved

Pronunciation: US say "STAHRVD" /stɑɹvd/; UK say "STAHVD" /stɑːvd/

## Adjective

1. Feeling extremely hungry. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Feeling very hungry.
   - _After skipping lunch and working straight through the afternoon, I was completely starved._
   - _The hikers reached camp starved and ready to eat anything._
3. Deprived of nourishment, or of something else that is vital.
   - Simple: Not getting enough food, or enough of something else that is needed.
   - _The roots were starved of oxygen in the waterlogged soil._
   - _Decades of underfunding left the schools starved of basic resources._
4. Approaching starvation; emaciated and malnourished from prolonged lack of food.
   - Simple: Very thin and weak from not eating for a long time.
   - _The starved prisoners were almost unrecognizable to their families._
   - _Veterinarians treated the starved, dehydrated puppies through the night._

## Verb

2. Past tense and past participle of starve. — simple past and past participle of starve
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of starve. Use this form when talking about something that already happened.
   - _Thousands starved when the harvest failed two years running._
   - _The neglected cattle had starved in the back field._

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