| starve | 1. To destroy with cold. "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) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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