famish

Speech parts

1. famish - Adjective

2. famish - Verb

To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.

To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.

To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.

To force or constrain by famine.

To die of hunger; to starve.

To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.

To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

Smoky; hot; choleric.

Source: Webster's dictionary

hunger starve FAST empty diet starvation hungry refrain stint appetite starved thirst abstain pinch starving

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give carry improve achieve feed consume

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pass die suffer exit expire deprive

famished famishing

The political prisoners starved to death Source: Internet

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Let's eat--I'm starving! Source: Internet

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