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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Starve \Starve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Starved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Starving}.] [OE. sterven to die, AS. steorfan; akin to D.
   sterven, G. sterben, OHG. sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil.]
   1. To die; to perish. [Obs., except in the sense of perishing
      with cold or hunger.] --Lydgate.

            In hot coals he hath himself raked . . . Thus
            starved this worthy mighty Hercules.  --Chaucer.

   2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want;
      to be very indigent.

            Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. --Pope.

   3. To perish or die with cold. --Spenser.

            Have I seen the naked starve for cold? --Sandys.

            Starving with cold as well as hunger. --W. Irving.

   Note: In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used
         of the United States.

Starve \Starve\, v. t.
   1. To destroy with cold. [Eng.]

            From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice Their
            soft ethereal warmth.                 --Milton.

   2. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is,
      in law, murder.

   3. To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison
      into a surrender.

            Attalus endeavored to starve Italy by stopping their
            convoy of provisions from Africa.     --Arbuthnot.

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

   5. To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.

            The pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed
            starved for matter in an age so fruitful of
            memorable actions.                    --Fuller.

            The powers of their minds are starved by disuse.
                                                  --Locke.

資料來源 : WordNet®

starve
     v 1: be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" [syn:
           {hunger}, {famish}] [ant: {be full}]
     2: die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to
        death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the
        drought" [syn: {famish}]
     3: deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" [syn: {famish}]
        [ant: {feed}]
     4: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn: {crave},
         {hunger}, {thirst}, {lust}]
     5: deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving
        her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"