Search Result:famish
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋfæmIʃ 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊfæmiʃ 〕
Overview of verb famish
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")