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(intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
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(intransitive) To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating.
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(intransitive) To be very hungry.
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(transitive) To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
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(transitive) To make suffer severely by depriving of food.
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(transitive) To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
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(intransitive) To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
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(transitive, British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold.
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(intransitive, obsolete) To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.