famish

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verb

1. be hungry;
go without food
- Let's eat--I'm starving!
• Syn:
starve, hunger
• Ant:
be full (for: starve)
• Derivationally related forms:
hunger (for: hunger), starvation (for: starve)
• Hypernyms:
suffer, hurt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. deprive of food
- They starved the prisoners
• Syn:
starve
• Ant:
feed (for: starve)
• Derivationally related forms:
starvation (for: starve), starving (for: starve)
• Hypernyms:
deprive
• Verb Group:
starve
• Cause:
starve, hunger
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. die of food deprivation
- The political prisoners starved to death
- Many famished in the countryside during the drought
• Syn:
starve
• Hypernyms:
die, decease, perish, go, exit,
pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm,
buy the farm, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke,
croak, snuff it
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  starve, hunger
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  feed, give, be full