What is the meaning of starve?

Be hungry; go without food.
- usage: "Let's eat-I'm starving"
- synonyms: hunger, famish
Die of food deprivation.
- usage: "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
- synonyms: famish
Deprive of food.
- usage: "They starved the prisoners"
- synonyms: famish
Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for.
- synonyms: crave, hunger, thirst, lust
Deprive of a necessity and cause suffering.
- usage: "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"

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