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# famished

«famished» in Mova's school dictionary: **very, very hungry** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (famished)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Famished means very, very hungry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/famished/#m1)

2) (literary) Famished can mean starving from lack of food over a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/famished/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk, children say «I'm famished!» after school or sport; it is a strong, slightly funny way to say hungry. In stories, famished characters show hard times or a long journey. Phrases: «absolutely famished», «I'm famished».

### examples

- I'm famished! What's for tea? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/famished/#x1)
- After the long hike, we were all famished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/famished/#x2)
- The famished puppy gobbled its food in seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/famished/#x3)
- He came home from rugby practice absolutely famished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/famished/#x4)
- The famished travellers shared their last bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/famished/#x5)
- Don't go swimming famished; have a snack first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/famished/#x6)
- This gave them new life; for the poor people were almost famished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/famished/#x7)

### note

Adjective, not usually used before «very» in comparison; it already means «very hungry». Related: famine (a time when a whole area has too little food). Similar words: starving (informal), ravenous.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «famished» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/famished/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.