Australian English Meaning of famish

starve

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Definitions and Meaning of famish in English

Wordnet

famish (v)

be hungry; go without food

deprive of food

die of food deprivation

Webster

famish (v. t.)

To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.

To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.

To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.

To force or constrain by famine.

Webster

famish (v. i.)

To die of hunger; to starve.

To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.

To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

Webster

famish (a.)

Smoky; hot; choleric.

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starve

be hungry; go without food, deprive of food, die of food deprivationTo starve, kill, or destroy with hunger., To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger

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faming => farming, famine => famine, family zygophyllaceae => Caltrop family, family zygnemataceae => family Zygnemataceae, family zosteraceae => Seagrass family,