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I . starve [stɑ:v] VB intr

1. starve (die of hunger):

to starve to death

umreti od lakote

2. starve (suffer from hunger):

3. starve inf (be very hungry):

to be starving

4. starve (crave):

to starve for sth

biti lačen česa

II . starve [stɑ:v] VB trans

1. starve (deprive of food):

to starve oneself to death

izstradati se do smrti

2. starve usu passive fig (deprive):

prikrajševati [perf prikrajšati]

people starved of sleep start to lose their concentration

ljudje, ki imajo premalo spanca, začnejo izgubljati koncentracijo

3. starve usu passive Am fig (crave):

to be starved for sth

biti lačen česa

Usage examples with starved

people starved of sleep start to lose their concentration

ljudje, ki imajo premalo spanca, začnejo izgubljati koncentracijo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It was not held again until 1934, when the cricket-starved public enthusiastically supported its reinstatement. en.wikipedia.org

Several outlets are now quoting me as a source for the unsupportable claim that nuns starved 800 babies to death before dumping them in a septic tank. en.wikipedia.org

It's the rhythm that gets to the kids they're starved of music they can dance to, after all those years of crooners. en.wikipedia.org

After the junk food was taken away and replaced with a healthy diet, the rats starved for two weeks instead of eating nutritious fare. en.wikipedia.org

Unfortunately, the king had to go to war and the stepmother maltreated and starved her stepdaughter. en.wikipedia.org

Supplies to the settlement were inadequate and if sealers had not supplied potatoes, the Aboriginal people would have starved. en.wikipedia.org

Sources said the government is also planning to make optimum use of the available nuclear sites in various states to accommodate more atomic reactors to meet energy-starved country's growing needs. www.thehindu.com

You starved him when alive, and you can not with good grace erect a monument to him now. en.wikipedia.org

Some journalists and carping critics of the military action have been starved of details of the surgical strikes. www.thehindu.com

Many were removed from their families, sometimes for years, while their children and spouses starved. en.wikipedia.org

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