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starves
We have found lemma(root) word of starves : starve.
Definitions
[stɑːv], (Verb)
Definitions:
- suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger
(e.g: she left her animals to starve)
- be freezing cold
(e.g: pull down that window for we are perfectly starving here)
Phrases:
- starve the beast
Origin
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Old English steorfan ‘to die’, of Germanic origin, probably from a base meaning ‘be rigid’ (compare with stare); related to Dutch sterven and German sterben
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