famish   (Sound)

The verb famish has 3 senses

• starve, hunger, famish -- (be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!")


• starve, famish -- (deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners")


• starve, famish -- (die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought")