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Meanings of starved in English

Extremely hungry.

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Suffering from lack of food.

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Usage of starved in English
1
I have seen young women starved to the point of non existence.
Feminist dot com
2
Then there's the idea to use sex-starved insects to follow bank robbers.
Wired
3
Seven or eight hundred anemic, half-starved men armed with light infantry weapons.
The forgotten soldier
4
There was an excited flush in his starved cheeks; his eyes shone.
The Honor of the Big Snows
5
Those who cannot pay risk being beaten, starved, or forced into prostitution.
Reuters
6
And they arrived in Reno half-starved and ready to go to work.
The Guardian
7
Nourish your idea plants that have been starved; prune your word plants.
Evening Round-Up / More Good Stuff Like Pep
8
The rabbits got in there, and gradually the sheep were starved out.
The Land of the Kangaroo / Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey...
9
We're starved for sun and light in the cities we live in.
Of Human Bondage
10
Like many state enterprises in Venezuela, Cantv has grown starved for investment.
Reuters
11
The fund-starved firm has borrowed from banks to meet short-term capital requirement.
Reuters
12
You must be starved by this time; and I can recommend it.
A Siren
13
He saw me dying a prisoner in jail, starved and in rags.
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker / Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on ...
14
The credit crunch that starved businesses of finance has still not ended.
The Guardian
15
The only reason the Yankees whipped the South was they starved em.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
16
From the outset it has been starved of funding and political will.
The Irish Times
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