Definition of starve

• v. i. - To die; to perish.
• v. i. - To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
• v. i. - To perish or die with cold.
• v. t. - To destroy with cold.
• v. t. - To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
• v. t. - To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender.
• v. t. - To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.
• v. t. - To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.