Famish

[fam·ish]

Be hungry; go without food

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To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.

Verb
die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"

Verb
deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"

Verb
be hungry; go without food; "Let''s eat--I''m starving!"


v. t.
To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.

v. t.
To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.

v. t.
To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.

v. t.
To force or constrain by famine.

v. i.
To die of hunger; to starve.

v. i.
To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.

v. i.
To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

a.
Smoky; hot; choleric.


Famish

Fam"ish , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famished ; p. pr. & vb. n. Famishing.] [OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See Famine, and cf. Affamish.] 1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. Shak. 2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread.
The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel.
3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.
And famish him of breath, if not of bread.
4. To force or constrain by famine.
He had famished Paris into a surrender.

Famish

Fam"ish, v. i. 1. To die of hunger; to starve. 2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.
You are all resolved rather to die than to famish?
3. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish.

Famish

Fam"ish, a. Smoky; hot; choleric.

To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.

To die of hunger; to starve.

Smoky; hot; choleric.

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