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1 Starve
v. trans.Use P. and V. λιμῷ ἀποκτείνειν, P. λιμοκτονεῖν (Plat.).V. intrans.Die of hunger: P. and V. λιμῷ διαφθείρεσθαι.Starve out ( a town): use P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν (acc.)Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Starve
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2 let
I [let] present participle - letting; verb1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) επιτρέπω, αφήνω2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) φροντίζω να3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!) ας...•- let someone or something alone/be
- let alone/be
- let down
- let fall
- let go of
- let go
- let in
- out
- let in for
- let in on
- let off
- let up
- let well alone II [let] present participle - letting; verb(to give the use of (a house etc) in return for payment: He lets his house to visitors in the summer.) νοικιάζω- to let
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starve out — ˌstarve ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they starve out he/she/it starves out present participle starving out past tense … Useful english dictionary
starve out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms starve out : present tense I/you/we/they starve out he/she/it starves out present participle starving out past tense starved out past participle starved out to force someone to leave a place by preventing them … English dictionary
starve — S3 [sta:v US sta:rv] v [: Old English; Origin: steorfan to die ] 1.) to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat ▪ Thousands of people will starve if food doesn t reach the city. ▪ pictures of starving children ▪ They ll either die… … Dictionary of contemporary English
starve — [ starv ] verb * intransitive to suffer or die because there is not enough food: There are people out there who are starving because of your actions. a. transitive to make someone suffer or die by preventing them from having enough food: They… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
starve */ — UK [stɑː(r)v] / US [stɑrv] verb Word forms starve : present tense I/you/we/they starve he/she/it starves present participle starving past tense starved past participle starved a) [intransitive] to suffer or to die because there is not enough food … English dictionary
starve somebody out (of something) — ˌstarve sbˈout (of sth) derived to force sb to leave a particular building or area by not allowing them to get any food • If they won t come out, we ll starve them out! Main entry: ↑starvederived … Useful english dictionary
starve — verb (I, T) 1 to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat, or to make someone else do this: Thousands of people will starve if food doesn t reach the stricken city. | starve sth: The dog looked like it had been starved. | starve to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
starve the beast — v. To cut taxes with the intent of using the reduced revenue as an excuse to drastically reduce the size and number of services offered by a government. starve the beast n., adj. starving the beast n., pp. starve the beaster n. Example Citations … New words
starve someone out or into — force someone out of (a place) or into (a specified state) by starving them. → starve … English new terms dictionary
starve — verb 1》 suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger. ↘(starve someone out or into) force someone out of (a place) or into (a specified state) by starving them. ↘(usu. be starved of or US for) deprive of. ↘(be starving or… … English new terms dictionary
starve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. hunger, famish, fast; pine; pinch, scrimp, deny. See parsimony, poverty. Ant., feed. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become weak or die from hunger] Syn. famish, crave, perish; see die 1 , weaken 1 . 2. [To … English dictionary for students
