starve
suomi-englanti sanakirjastarve englannista suomeksi
näännyttää
nälkiinnyttää, kuivua
olla nälässä, nälkiintyä
nääntyä, kuolla nälkään
kaivata kiihkeästi
starve englanniksi
To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
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To be very hungry.
(ux)
To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
(syn)
To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
(quote-journal)|journal=The original illuminated clock almanack
{{quote-text|en|year=1886|publisher=John Heywood|title=A Queer Supper|section=8
(quote-book)|chapter=When the May-Fly is Up|title=A Cotswold village; or, Country Life & Pursuits in Gloucestershire|location=London|publisher=(w)|oclc=1042907485|page=164|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/cotswoldvillageo00gibbiala/page/164/mode/1up|passage=Sometimes he remarks, “ ’Tis these dreadful frostis that spiles everything. ’Tis enough to sterve anybody.”
To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)