famish
STATE IN WHICH A PERSON, FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD, IS UNABLE TO EAT SUFFICIENT FOOD TO MEET BASIC NUTRITIONAL NEEDS
World hunger; Famish; Hunger pangs; Hunger migration; Hungers; Hunger pain; Hungy; Repletion; Hunger relief; Hungry people; Hunger (malnutrition); Hunger (social science); Hunger (politics); Acute hunger
I.
v. a.
1.
Starve, kill or destroy with hunger.
2.
Distress with hunger, exhaust by hunger.
II.
v. n.
1.
Starve, die of hunger, perish for want of food.
2.
Be distressed by hunger, suffer extreme hunger, pine for food.