starved

Etymology

adj

  1. Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
  2. (by extension) Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
  3. (colloquial, hyperbolic, emphatic) Extremely hungry.
    I'm starved! I haven't eaten since breakfast.
    She said: "I'm starved. I could eat a horse." I told her she was lying, because I had once eaten horse. 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 46

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of starve

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