1suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger: [no object]:she left her animals to starveseven million starved to death (as adjective starving)the world’s starving children [with object]:for a while she had considered starving herself
(be starving or starved) informal feel very hungry:I don’t know about you, but I’m starving
[with object] (starve someone out or into) force someone out of (a place) or into (a specified state) by starvation:the Royalists were starved out after eleven daysGerman U-boats hoping to starve Britain into submission
[with object] (usually be starved of or US for) deprive of something necessary:the arts are being starved of funds
2 [no object] archaic or dialect be freezing cold:pull down that window for we are perfectly starving here
