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starving::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | starvation |
| Type of | deprivation, privation |
| Derivation | starve |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | starved |
Examples of starving
starving
A girl will come in and she's starving herself, eating maybe 800 calories a day.
From the time.com
The West is not in a mood to hand out more aids and food to the starving people.
From the economist.com
The prospect of starving to death in an unpollinated world frankly terrifies me.
From the guardian.co.uk
Certainly they are better off than when they were impoverished starving chattel.
From the latimes.com
In 1958, locusts devoured 167,000 tons of crops in Ethiopia, starving thousands.
From the time.com
Still, a starving man won't pass up gruel just because it's not Mom's pot roast.
From the time.com
Even today, there are starving North Koreans that are eating their own children.
From the infowars.com
A few starving seals have also been rescued from San Luis Obispo County beaches.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Thousands of soldiers had already died, some starving, others freezing to death.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
- Die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
- Crave: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- Deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"
- (starved) famished: 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"
- (starvation) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
- Starvation is a severe reduction in vitamin, nutrient and energy intake. It is the most extreme form of malnutrition. In humans, prolonged starvation can cause permanent organ damage and eventually, death. The term inanition refers to the symptoms and effects of starvation.
- Starved is an FX Network television situation comedy that aired for one season of seven episodes in 2005. The series was about four friends who each suffer from eating disorders, who met at a "shame-based" support group called Belt Tighteners. ...
- (Starvation (computing)) In computer science, starvation is a multitasking-related problem, where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources. Without those resources, the program can never finish its task .
