starving

Thân thiện

The stray cat is starving and looks for food near the restaurant.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Suffering or dying from extreme hunger: The primary meaning describes the severe physical condition caused by a prolonged and complete lack of food.
   • (Informal) Extremely hungry: Used informally to express a strong feeling of hunger, though not literally life-threatening.

2. Noun:

   • The act of causing someone to suffer or die from hunger: Refers to the process of depriving a person or group of food, leading to starvation.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • The charity delivers aid to starving families in the drought-stricken region.
  • (Informal) I haven't eaten since breakfast; I'm starving!

• Noun:

  • The general was accused of using starving as a weapon of war.
  • The starving of prisoners is a violation of human rights.

Advanced Usage

• "Starving for": Used metaphorically to express a deep longing or desperate need for something non-physical.
  • The artist was starving for recognition.
  • The child was starving for affection.

Variants and Related Words

• Starve (verb): To suffer or die from hunger; to deprive of food.
  • Without rain, the crops will fail and the people will starve.
• Starvation (noun): The state or process of suffering from extreme hunger; often used interchangeably with "starving" as a noun but is more common.
  • The animal died of starvation.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Famished, ravenous, malnourished, undernourished.
• Noun: Famine, deprivation of food.

Related Phrases

• Starve someone/something out: To force surrender or departure by blocking access to food and supplies.
  • The army decided to starve out the rebels in the fortress.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. suffering from lack of food

Noun

1. the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
   • the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender
   • they were charged with the starvation of children in their care

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