to be starved for

  • 1starved — [ starvd ] adjective 1. ) INFORMAL very hungry 2. ) prevented from having enough of what you need: starved for: I m feeling starved for intelligent conversation …

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  • 2Starved — Infobox Television show name=Starved caption=The main characters of Starved , from left to right: Billie, Dan, Sam and Adam format=Situation comedy runtime=35 minutes (with commercials) creator=Eric Schaeffer starring=Eric Schaeffer Laura Benanti …

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  • 3starved — adj. starved for, of (BE) (starved for company) * * * of (starved for company; BE) starved for …

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  • 4Starved Rock State Park — Coordinates: 41°19′17″N 88°59′25″W / 41.32139°N 88.99028°W / 41.32139; 88.99028 …

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  • 5-starved — starve UK US /stɑːv/ verb [T, often passive] ► if a company, etc. is starved of something necessary or good, it does not receive enough of it: starve sth of sth »His predecessor in the job had starved the business of capital investment. be… …

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  • 6Starved — Starve Starve (st[aum]rv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Starved} (st[aum]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Starving}.] [OE. sterven to die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG. sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil.] 1. To die; to perish. [Obs., except in… …

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  • 7starved — UK [stɑː(r)vd] / US [stɑrvd] adjective 1) informal very hungry 2) prevented from having enough of what you need starved of/for: I m feeling starved of intelligent conversation …

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  • 8starved — adjective 1. suffering from lack of food (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑starving • Similar to: ↑malnourished 2. extremely hungry they were tired and famished for food and sleep a ravenous boy …

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  • 9starved — Synonyms and related words: aching for, attenuated, bare handed, beggarly, cadaverous, corpselike, craving, deprived of, desirous of, dog hungry, dying for, emacerated, emaciate, emaciated, empty, empty handed, famished, famishing, fasting,… …

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  • 10starved — stÉ‘rv /stɑːv v. be without food or water for a long period of time; die from lack of food or water; feel a strong need or desire for something that one lacks; feel hungry (Informal) …

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