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IN BRIEF: To suffer or die from extreme lack of food.

There is enough food that nobody should have to starve.

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verb, Austral

starve the crows = stone the crows (see stone verb). Also starve the lizards, starve the rats. (1908 —) .
F. B. Vickers 'Well, starve the bloody crows,' he exclaimed, stopping to eye me off (1977).

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to deprive of nutrients. In animal experiments a minimum of 24 h deprivation is generally understood. Cultures may be starved of specified single nutrients.

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• Sickly, out of shape, dull, or weak

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - sulte, lide nød, hungre
v. tr. - hungre, sulte, lide nød

Nederlands (Dutch)
verhongeren, honger lijden, laten verhongeren, te kort komen, doodvriezen

Français (French)
v. intr. - être gravement sous-alimenté, souffrir de malnutrition
v. tr. - priver (qn) de nourriture, laisser (qn) mourir de faim, priver qn/qch de, être en mal de

Deutsch (German)
v. - verhungern, hungern, aushungern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λιμοκτονώ, πεινώ έντονα, διακόπτω τροφοδοσία, καταδικάζω σε ασιτία, (μτφ.) ποθώ, λαχταρώ, αποστερώ (πνευματικής τροφής κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
morire di fame, affamare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - morrer de fome

Русский (Russian)
страдать от голода, недоедать, проголодаться, морить голодом, жаждать (чего-л.), разрядить (аккумулятор)

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - morirse de hambre, pasar hambre
v. tr. - hambrear, matar de hambre

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - svälta, hungra, låta svälta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
饿得要死, 使饿死

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 餓得要死
v. tr. - 使餓死

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 굶주리다, 가난에 시달리다, 갈망하다
v. tr. - 굶기다, 보급차단 전술을 쓰다, 추위에 떨게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 餓死する, 飢えに苦しむ, 渇望する, 飢えさせる, 餓死させる, から奪う, 飢え死にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجوع, مات جوعا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮רעב, מת מרעב, סבל מחסור‬
v. tr. - ‮הרעיב‬

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