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# starving

«starving» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very ill or dying because of having no food for a long time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (starving); verb (-ing form of starve)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very ill or dying because of having no food for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starving/#m1)

2) Informally, very hungry: "I'm starving!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starving/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children say "I'm starving" before dinner, meaning just very hungry. In geography and history lessons, pupils learn about famine, when people are really starving, and how charities help. In science, living things need food to survive. Phrases: I'm starving, starving animals, starving to death.

### examples

- I'm starving! When is lunch? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starving/#x1)
- The starving dog was rescued and fed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starving/#x2)
- During the famine, many people were starving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starving/#x3)
- Charities send food to starving families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starving/#x4)
- The birds were starving in the snow, so we put out seeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starving/#x5)
- After swimming I am always starving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starving/#x6)
- For a starving man, you seem to have a very small appetite." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starving/#x7)

### note

From the verb "starve" (starve, starved, starving). "I'm starving" is an exaggeration for "very hungry". Real starving is very serious. Do not skip meals to lose weight; growing bodies need regular food.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat is starving, but he nods and says «wonderful» — he knows what his friend needs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers/12/)
- [Whether you have a cold or a fever, the body needs fluids and energy; starving a fever is not a good idea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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