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1 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.) stradati2) (to be very hungry: Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.) biti sestradan•* * *[sta:v]1.intransitive verbstradati, gladovati, trpeti lakoto, zelo bedno živeti; familiarly biti lačen kot volk, umirati od gladu, od lakote; postiti se; zakrneti zaradi slabe prehrane (živali, rastline); figuratively zelo hrepeneti po, koprneti, mreti ( for za čem); dialectal trpeti, umreti od mraza; colloquially biti brez, zelo pogrešati, biti lačen (česa), čutiti potrebo ( for po);2.transitive verbizstradati (koga), izgladovati, nezadostno hraniti, pustiti (koga) umreti od gladu (od mraza); prisiliti (koga) z gladom ( into k); pregnati (bolezen) z gladovanjem (često out)to starve to death — umreti, poginiti od lakote, od gladuto starve into submission, into surrender — z gladom prisiliti k pokorščini, k predajiI am simply starving figuratively umiram od gladu, lačen sem kot volkto be starved — trpeti glad, morati stradati
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starve somebody into into doing something — ˌstarve sb into ˈsth/into ˈdoing sth derived to force sb to do sth by not allowing them to get any food or money • The blockade was aimed at starving the country into submission. Main entry: ↑starvederived … Useful english dictionary
starve somebody into something doing something — ˌstarve sb into ˈsth/into ˈdoing sth derived to force sb to do sth by not allowing them to get any food or money • The blockade was aimed at starving the country into submission. Main entry: ↑starvederived … Useful english dictionary
starve — v. 1) (D; tr.) to starve into (to starve smb. into submission) 2) (misc.) to starve to death; to starve oneself to death * * * [stɑːv] to starve oneself to death (misc.) to starve to death (D;tr.) to starve into (to starve smb. into submission) … Combinatory dictionary
submission — [[t]səbmɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] submissions 1) N UNCOUNT: oft into N Submission is a state in which people can no longer do what they want to do because they have been brought under the control of someone else. The army intends to take the city or simply… … English dictionary
starve — [stärv] vi. starved, starving [ME sterven < OE steorfan, to die, perish, akin to Ger sterben: see START] 1. a) to die from lack of food b) to suffer or become weak from hunger c) Informal to be ravenously hungry … English World dictionary
submission — noun 1 accepting sb else s control ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total VERB + SUBMISSION ▪ demand, expect ▪ The emperor demanded total submission from his subjects … Collocations 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
submission — sub|mis|sion S2 [səbˈmıʃən] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: Latin, from submittere; SUBMIT] 1.) [U] the state of being completely controlled by a person or group, and accepting that you have to obey them force/frighten/beat etc sb into… … Dictionary of contemporary English
starve — v. 1 intr. die of hunger; suffer from malnourishment. 2 tr. cause to die of hunger or suffer from lack of food. 3 intr. suffer from extreme poverty. 4 intr. colloq. feel very hungry (I m starving). 5 intr. a suffer from mental or spiritual want.… … Useful english dictionary
starve into — phr verb Starve into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑submission, ↑surrender … Collocations dictionary
Caesar's invasions of Britain — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Caesar s invasions of Britain partof=Caesar s Gallic Wars caption=Edward Armitage s reconstruction of the first invasion date=55 and 54 BC place=Kent, the Thames, and Essex casus= territory=None |result=Nominal… … Wikipedia