Famish (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!".

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

• Starve
• Hunger

Hypernyms

• Suffer
• Hurt

Meaning ²

Deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners".

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

• Starve

Hypernyms

• Deprive

Meaning ³

Die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought".

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

• Starve

Hypernyms

• Pop Off
• Croak
• Die
• Pass
• Expire
• Cash In One's Chips
• Perish
• Conk
• Choke
• Buy The Farm
• Exit
• Drop Dead
• Pass Away
• Go
• Give-up The Ghost
• Kick The Bucket
• Snuff It