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famish
('f/&/m/I//S/ )

verb (v)

  • be hungry; go without food(verb.consumption)
    Synonym:
    hunger, starve
    Antonym:
    be full
    source: wordnet30
  • deprive of food(verb.consumption)
    Synonym:
    starve
    Antonym:
    feed, give
    source: wordnet30
  • die of food deprivation(verb.consumption)
    Example:
    Many famished in the countryside during the drought.
    source: wordnet30
  • To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To die of hunger; to starve.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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