Definition of famish
- v. t. - To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.
- v. t. - To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to
distress with hanger.
- v. t. - To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation
or denial of anything necessary.
- v. t. - To force or constrain by famine.
- v. i. - To die of hunger; to starve.
- v. i. - To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be
exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.
- v. i. - To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything
essential or necessary.
- a. - Smoky; hot; choleric.