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Meanings of famish in English

Portuguese
esfomear
Catalan
fer passar fam

Be hungry; go without food.

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      Usage of famish in English
      1
      A man had better sleep without his scalp, than famish in the midst of plenty.
      The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757
      2
      He had the thirst for sin, so why famish?
      West Wind Drift
      3
      But, in the interim, she must starve and famish like a white mouse learning to dance.'
      Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844
      4
      He was a gangling, gawky, feverish, famish-eyed brain.
      Catch-22
      5
      And song, though famish'd, pour its strain.
      The Illustrated London Reading Book
      6
      They famish, their gods will hear.
      The Hollow of Her Hand
      7
      Domitius therefore by preparing for his defence, and Marsus by seeming determined to famish, both protracted their lives.
      The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; /...
      8
      You may neither hang him nor burn him nor famish him nor crucify him, all these acts are equally illegal.
      It Is Never Too Late to Mend
      9
      Here these children were now, famished in the middle of a war.
      The Guardian
      10
      Open gates enable provisions to reach the half-famished dwellers within the walls.
      The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
      11
      You must be famished, Mr. Langenau; pray go immediately to the dining-room.
      Richard Vandermarck: A Novel
      12
      Their bread shall feed our famishing country; their wool clothe its nakedness.
      The Scottish Chiefs
      13
      The scene was altogether a cheering one to the poor half-famished wanderers.
      Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountai...
      14
      Her heart was no longer famished; it was filled with little Tommy.
      The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 / A Magazi...
      15
      Without ceremony he attacked the viands and ate as if half famished.
      The Store Boy
      16
      When almost famishing they bled their mules and drank the warm current.
      The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and...
      Translations for famish
      Famish through the time