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1 half-starved
half-starved[ha:f st'a:vd] adj subnutrido, subalimentado. -
2 starve
1) (to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger: In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.) matar/morrer à fome2) (to be very hungry: Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.) morrer de fome•* * *[sta:v] vt+vi 1 morrer de fome. 2 sofrer fome. 3 enfraquecer ou matar pela fome. 4 forçar ou subjugar pela fome. they starved him into obedience / obrigaram-no a obedecer pela fome. 5 coll sentir fome. 6 desejar ardentemente, sentir falta de alguma coisa. I’m starving with cold / estou morrendo de frio. to starve for sofrer falta de. -
3 starve
1) (to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger: In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.) morrer de inanição2) (to be very hungry: Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.) estar faminto•
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starved — [stɑːvd ǁ stɑːrvd] adjective cash /credit /capital starved JOURNALISM FINANCE used to describe organizations or industries that have very little cash, credit etc: • The capital starved San Francisco energy company finally went bust. • Cash… … Financial and business terms
starved — [ starvd ] adjective 1. ) INFORMAL very hungry 2. ) prevented from having enough of what you need: starved for: I m feeling starved for intelligent conversation … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
starved — starved; starved·ly; … English syllables
starved — index deficient, poor (underprivileged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Starved — Infobox Television show name=Starved caption=The main characters of Starved , from left to right: Billie, Dan, Sam and Adam format=Situation comedy runtime=35 minutes (with commercials) creator=Eric Schaeffer starring=Eric Schaeffer Laura Benanti … Wikipedia
-starved — starve UK US /stɑːv/ verb [T, often passive] ► if a company, etc. is starved of something necessary or good, it does not receive enough of it: starve sth of sth »His predecessor in the job had starved the business of capital investment. be… … Financial and business terms
starved — adj. starved for, of (BE) (starved for company) * * * of (starved for company; BE) starved for … Combinatory dictionary
Starved — Starve Starve (st[aum]rv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Starved} (st[aum]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Starving}.] [OE. sterven to die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG. sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil.] 1. To die; to perish. [Obs., except in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
starved — UK [stɑː(r)vd] / US [stɑrvd] adjective 1) informal very hungry 2) prevented from having enough of what you need starved of/for: I m feeling starved of intelligent conversation … English dictionary
starved — adjective a) Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished. Im starved, I havent eaten since breakfast. , Tok Pisin: b) Extremely hungry … Wiktionary
starved — Synonyms and related words: aching for, attenuated, bare handed, beggarly, cadaverous, corpselike, craving, deprived of, desirous of, dog hungry, dying for, emacerated, emaciate, emaciated, empty, empty handed, famished, famishing, fasting,… … Moby Thesaurus
