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famish

fa·mish

famish

 
pronunciation:
fae mihsh
parts of speech:
transitive verb, intransitive verb
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: famishes, famishing, famished
definition: to cause to suffer from severe hunger.
The failure of the crops and the long winter that followed famished the settlers.
 
part of speech: intransitive verb
inflections: famishes, famishing, famished
definition: to experience great hunger or death by starvation.
Many of the peasants famished that year.
synonyms:
starve