starved

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

many, old, terrible

VERB + STARVED

said, snakes

STARVED + NOUN

death, haven, skin, spider, t, themselves

PREP.

during, in

ADV.

almost, nearly

adj

Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.

Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.

Alas poore hart, that kiſſe is comfortleſſe, / As frozen vvater to a ſtarued ſnake.

Extremely hungry.

I’m starved! I haven’t eaten since breakfast.

She said: "I'm starved. I could eat a horse." I told her she was lying, because I had once eaten horse.

adjective — extremely hungry

adjective — suffering from lack of food

Alas poore hart, that kiſſe is comfortleſſe, / As frozen vvater to a ſtarued ſnake.

Wiktionary

I’m starved! I haven’t eaten since breakfast.

Wiktionary

She said: "I'm starved. I could eat a horse." I told her she was lying, because I had once eaten horse.

Wiktionary

Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.

Tatoeba · #20073

The cattle starved to death.

Tatoeba · #24057

The old man was starved to death.

Tatoeba · #43385

i Register

In some senses, starved is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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