starve, v.
(starved, starves, starving)
freq. cnt. 8
(starved, starves, starving)
freq. cnt. 8
be hungry; go without food
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
famish hunger starve
sample sentences
"Let's eat--I'm starving!"verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
die of food deprivation
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
famish starve
sample sentences
"The political prisoners starved to death""Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
deprive of food
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
famish starve
sample sentences
"They starved the prisoners"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebody
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
<verb.consumption>
starve
sample sentences
"he is starving her of love""The engine was starved of fuel"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
crave hunger lust starve thirst
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s PP
They %s more bread
verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym