English-Thai Dictionary

starve

VI อดอาหาร  famish underfeed aod-ar-han

 

starve for

PHRV หิว กระหาย  โหยหา  กระหาย  อยาก มาก  ต้องการ อย่างยิ่ง  hunger for thirst for hil-kra-hai

 

starve into

PHRV ทำให้ อดอยาก จน (ทำ บางสิ่ง  tam-hai-aod-yak-jon

 

starve out

PHRV ทำให้ อดอยาก จน ยอมจำนน  tam-hai-aod-yak-jon-yom-jam-non

 

starveling

N ผู้ อด อาหารตา ย  ผู้ อดอยาก 

 

starvelling

N ผู้ อดอาหาร  ผู้ อดอยาก  phu-aod-ar-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STARVE

v.i.[G., to die, either by disease or hunger, or by a wound. ] 1. To perish; to be destroyed. [In this general sense, obsolete. ]
2. To perish or die with cold; as, to starve with cold. [This sense is retained in England, but not in the United States. ]
3. To perish with hunger. [This sense is retained in England and the United States. ]
4. To suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed.

 

STARVE

v.t. 1. To kill with hunger. Maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
2. To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starve a garrison into a surrender.
3. To destroy by want; as, to starve plants by the want of nutriment.
4. To kill with cold. [Not in use in the United States. ]
From beds of raging fire to starve in ice their soft ethereal warmth--
5. To deprive of force or vigor.
The powers of their minds are starved by disuse. [Unusual. ]

 

STARVED

pp. 1. Killed with hunger; subdued by hunger; rendered poor by want.
2. Killed by cold. [Not in use in the United States. ]

 

STARVELING

a.starvling. Hungry; lean; pining with want.

 

STARVELING

n.starvling. An animal or plant that is made thin, lean and weak through want of nutriment. And thy poor starveling bountifully fed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STARVE

Starve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Starved; p. pr. & vb. n. Starving. ] Etym: [OE. sterven to die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG. sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil. ]

 

1. To die; to perish. [Obs. , except in the sense of perishing with cold or hunger. ] Lydgate. In hot coals he hath himself raked. .. Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. Chaucer.

 

2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent. Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. Pope.

 

3. To perish or die with cold. Spenser. Have I seen the naked starve for cold Sandys. Starving with cold as well as hunger. W. Irving.

 

Note: In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used of the United States.

 

STARVE

STARVE Starve, v. t.

 

1. To destroy with cold. [Eng. ] From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth. Milton.

 

2. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.

 

3. To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender. Attalus endeavored to starve Italy by stopping their convoy of provisions from Africa. Arbuthnot.

 

4. To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.

 

5. To deprive of force or vigor; to disable. The pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed starved for matter in an age so fruitful of memorable actions. Fuller. The powers of their minds are starved by disuse. Locke.

 

STARVEDLY

STARVEDLY Starv "ed *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously. Some boasting housekeeper which keepth open doors for one day, ... and lives starvedly all the year after. Bp. Hall.

 

STARVELING

Starve "ling, n. Etym: [Starve + -ling. ]

 

Defn: One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment. Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Shak.

 

STARVELING

STARVELING Starve "ling, a.

 

Defn: Hungry; lean; pining with want.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

starve

starve |stärv stɑrv | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 (of a person or animal ) suffer severely or die from hunger: she left her animals to starve | seven million starved to death | (as adj. starving ) : the world's starving children. • [ with obj. ] cause (a person or animal ) to suffer severely or die from hunger: for a while she had considered starving herself. • (be starving or starved ) informal feel very hungry: I don't know about you, but I'm starving. • (starve someone out or into ) force someone out of a place or into a specified state by stopping supplies of food: the Royalists were starved out after eleven days | German U-boats hoping to starve Britain into submission. • [ with obj. ] (usu. be starved of or for ) deprive of something necessary: the arts are being starved of funds. 2 archaic be freezing cold: pull down that window for we are perfectly starving here. ORIGIN Old English steorfan ‘to die, ’ of Germanic origin, probably from a base meaning ‘be rigid ’ (compare with stare ); related to Dutch sterven and German sterben .

 

starveling

starve ling |ˈstärvliNG ˈstɑrvlɪŋ | archaic ▶noun an undernourished or emaciated person or animal. ▶adjective (of a person or animal ) lacking enough food; emaciated: a starveling child.

 

Oxford Dictionary

starve

starve |stɑːv | ▶verb 1 suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger: [ no obj. ] : she left her animals to starve | seven million starved to death | (as adj. starving ) : the world's starving children | [ with obj. ] : for a while she had considered starving herself. • (be starving or starved ) informal feel very hungry: I don't know about you, but I'm starving. • [ with obj. ] (starve someone out or into ) force someone out of (a place ) or into (a specified state ) by starvation: the Royalists were starved out after eleven days | German U-boats hoping to starve Britain into submission. • [ with obj. ] (usu. be starved of or US for ) deprive of something necessary: the arts are being starved of funds. 2 [ no obj. ] archaic or dialect be freezing cold: pull down that window for we are perfectly starving here. ORIGIN Old English steorfan ‘to die ’, of Germanic origin, probably from a base meaning ‘be rigid ’ (compare with stare ); related to Dutch sterven and German sterben .

 

starveling

starveling |ˈstɑːvlɪŋ | archaic ▶noun an undernourished or emaciated person or animal. ▶adjective lacking enough food; emaciated: a starveling child.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

starve

starve /stɑː r v /〖語源は 「死ぬ 」〗(名 )starvation 動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; starving 自動詞 1 〈人 動物が 〉餓死する ; 飢えに苦しむ ▸ starve to death 餓死する 2 «…を » 渇望 [切望 ]する «for » ▸ starve for affection 愛情に飢える 3 ｟主に英 くだけた話 ｠〖be starving 〗(死にそうなほど )腹ぺこである , 空腹である (!｟主に米 ｠ではbe starved ) ▸ I'm starving . What's the lunch? おなかがぺこぺこだよ . お昼ご飯は何 他動詞 1 〈人 物 事が 〉〈人 動物 〉を餓死させる ; 飢えで弱らせる (out )▸ starve oneself 餓死する ; 絶食をする 2 〖通例 be ～d 〗 «…を » 渇望 [切望 ]する , (必要なだけ )与えられない «for » , ｟主に英 ｠ «of » ; 〖名詞 と複合語を作って 〗…不足な ▸ be starved for affection 愛情に飢えている ▸ be starved for funds 資金不足に陥る ▸ If the muscle is starved of oxygen, it will die .筋肉は酸素が欠乏すると壊死 （えし ）してしまう 3 〖～ A into doing 〗食糧 [資金 ]を断ってA 〈人 〉を …させる ▸ starve the enemy into surrender (ing )敵を兵糧攻めで降伏させる st à rve A ó ut [ó ut A ]【場所から 】A 〈人 〉を兵糧攻めにして [飢えさせて ]追い出す «of » .