Starve

·vt To destroy with cold.

II. Starve ·vi To perish or die with cold.

III. Starve ·vi To Die; to Perish.

IV. Starve ·vt To deprive of force or vigor; to Disable.

V. Starve ·vt To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.

VI. Starve ·vt To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender.

VII. Starve ·vi To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.

VIII. Starve ·vt To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.