1. (v. i.) To die; to perish.
2. (v. i.) To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
3. (v. i.) To perish or die with cold.
4. (v. t.) To destroy with cold.
5. (v. t.) To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
6. (v. t.) To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starve a garrison into a surrender.
7. (v. t.) To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.
8. (v. t.) To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.
Thesaurus Entries
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