starves
- 1Third-person singular simple present of starve.
Without outside aid, the besieged town gradually starves through the long winter.
The new budget starves rural schools of the money they need.
Note
One spelling serves two directions. With no object, it describes the one who suffers: a besieged town starves through the winter. With an object, it names whoever does the depriving: a blockade starves a garrison, sometimes into surrender. Only he, she, it or a singular noun takes this form. Every other present-tense subject uses plain starve, as in the towns starve.
The blockade slowly starves the garrison into surrender.
A cruel owner who starves his dog should lose it.
starves is a form of starve
starve, verb: To feel very hungry. Full entry
- Spelling
- starve → starves: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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