starving

B2 Topic:Food & Drink
US /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/ UK /ˈstɑːvɪŋ/
verb noun adj Freq #3249

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Extremely hungry.

    After the long hike we were all starving.

  2. 2
    adj

    Suffering badly from a lack of food.

    Aid was sent to the starving villages.

  3. 3
    verb

    Present participle of starve.

    The drought left the cattle starving in the fields.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · extremely hungry. ravenousstarved
2 adj · suffering badly from a lack... starved

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