Thesaurus: famish

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1. v. t. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.
2. v. t. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.
3. v. t. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.
4. v. t. To force or constrain by famine.
5. v. i. To die of hunger; to starve.
6. v. i. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.
7. v. i. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
8. a. Smoky; hot; choleric.
9. v. be hungry; go without food
10. v. deprive of food
11. v. die of food deprivation
12. 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. Cen. xli. 55. The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. Dryden. 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. Milton. 4. To force or constrain by famine. He had famished Paris into a surrender. Burke. 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 Shak. 3. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary. The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish. Prov. x. 3.