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STAHV/stɑːv/

To starve is to suffer or die from lack of food, or to keep someone from something they need: starve of funding; starve of oxygen. Go hungry is everyday; famine is the disaster noun. The case study maps famine, not a Wi-Fi metaphor. Mix-up: staff are workers (already in the dictionary); starve vs crave. Do not write starve for missing a snack.

Meaning

To suffer or die from lack of food; also to keep someone from something they need (starve of).

Examples

• “The case study maps famine, not a metaphor that pupils “starve” of Wi-Fi.”
• “Labs were starved of funding, which is the deprive sense.”

Good to know

starve to death; starve of + noun; starving. Everyday: go hungry. Trap: staff. Geography, news, and biology. Lack of food or deprivation, not a missed lunch.

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