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Uncommonstarved
The correct spelling is starved.
How to pronounce starved
verb
Say it like: Sta-rve-d
The correct spelling is starved. To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away. For example: "Hey, ma, I'm starving! What's for dinner?"
Usage Examples
“Hey, ma, I'm starving! What's for dinner?”
“The patient's brain was starved of oxygen.”
“I was half starved waiting out in that wind.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
- 2.To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
- 3.To be very hungry.
- 4.To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
- 5.To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
adjective
- 1.Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
- 2.(by extension) Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
- 3.Extremely hungry.
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