Meaning Of Starve

v. i.

To die; to perish.
v. i.

To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
v. i.

To perish or die with cold.
v. t.

To destroy with cold.
v. t.

To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
v. t.

To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender.
v. t.

To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.
v. t.

To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.