starve
Because it is a word with a single syllable, starve is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofstarve
- To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
- To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
- To be very hungry.
Example: "Hey, ma, I'm starving! What's for dinner?"
- To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
- To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
Example: "The patient's brain was starved of oxygen."
- To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
- (especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold.
Example: "I was half starved waiting out in that wind."
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