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starved

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

  1. Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
  2. Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.

    “Alas poore hart, that kiſſe is comfortleſſe, / As frozen vvater to a ſtarued ſnake.”

  3. 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.”

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of starve