famish

• Veraltetes Verb: jemanden hungern lassen, aushungern; auch selbst Hunger leiden. Heute wird vor allem das Adjektiv 'famished' gebraucht im Sinne von 'sehr hungrig'.

To cause someone to suffer from extreme hunger; to starve. Now largely replaced by 'starve' in literal use, but the past participle 'famished' remains common in informal contexts to mean 'very hungry'.

1. Causing to starveC2formal

   To make someone suffer greatly from lack of food; to starve.

   Hungersnot leiden lassen, verhungern lassen

   • The siege threatened to starve the entire population.
   • They were cruelly starved by their captors.
   • The drought could bring famine and starve the region.
   • To deny them aid was effectively to sentence them to death by hunger.

   Synonymemalnourishstarveundernourish

   Antonymefeedglutnourishsatiate

2. To be or become very hungry (archaic verb, now only preserved in the adjective 'famished')informal

   To suffer extreme hunger; to be starving. The verb itself is obsolete in this intransitive use, but the concept survives in the adjective 'famished'.

   Sehr hungrig sein oder werden (veraltetes Verb, nur noch als Adjektiv 'famished' erhalten)

   • By the time dinner arrived, the children were completely famished.
   • I'm absolutely famished; let's grab something to eat now.
   • The hikers felt utterly famished after the long trek.
   • She claimed she was famished enough to eat a horse.

   Synonymehungerstarve

   Antonymegorgesatesatiatestuff