| slovo | definícia |
famish
(encz) | famish,hladovět v: Zdeněk Brož |
Famish
(gcide) | Famish \Fam"ish\, v. i.
1. To die of hunger; to starve.
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2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted
in strength, or to come near to perish.
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You are all resolved rather to die than to famish?
--Shak.
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3. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential
or necessary.
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The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous
to famish. --Prov. x. 3.
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Famish
(gcide) | Famish \Fam"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famished; p. pr. & vb.
n. Famishing.] [OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See
Famine, and cf. Affamish.]
1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. --Shak.
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2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to
distress with hanger.
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And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the
people cried to Pharaoh for bread. --Cen. xli.
55.
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The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. --Dryden.
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3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation
or denial of anything necessary.
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And famish him of breath, if not of bread. --Milton.
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4. To force or constrain by famine.
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He had famished Paris into a surrender. --Burke.
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famish
(wn) | famish
v 1: be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
[syn: starve, hunger, famish] [ant: be full]
2: deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" [syn: starve,
famish] [ant: feed, give]
3: die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to
death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
[syn: starve, famish] |
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famish
(encz) | famish,hladovět v: Zdeněk Brož |
famished
(encz) | famished,hladový adj: Zdeněk Brožfamished,vyhladovělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
famishment
(encz) | famishment, n: |
Affamish
(gcide) | Affamish \Af*fam"ish\ ([a^]f*f[a^]m"[i^]sh), v. t. & i. [F.
affamer, fr. L. ad + fames hunger. See Famish.]
To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Affamishment
(gcide) | Affamishment \Af*fam"ish*ment\ (-ment), n.
Starvation. --Bp. Hall.
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Enfamish
(gcide) | Enfamish \En*fam"ish\, v. t.
To famish; to starve.
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Famished
(gcide) | Famish \Fam"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famished; p. pr. & vb.
n. Famishing.] [OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See
Famine, and cf. Affamish.]
1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. --Shak.
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2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to
distress with hanger.
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And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the
people cried to Pharaoh for bread. --Cen. xli.
55.
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The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. --Dryden.
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3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation
or denial of anything necessary.
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And famish him of breath, if not of bread. --Milton.
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4. To force or constrain by famine.
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He had famished Paris into a surrender. --Burke.
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Famishing
(gcide) | Famish \Fam"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famished; p. pr. & vb.
n. Famishing.] [OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See
Famine, and cf. Affamish.]
1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. --Shak.
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2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to
distress with hanger.
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And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the
people cried to Pharaoh for bread. --Cen. xli.
55.
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The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. --Dryden.
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3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation
or denial of anything necessary.
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And famish him of breath, if not of bread. --Milton.
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4. To force or constrain by famine.
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He had famished Paris into a surrender. --Burke.
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Famishment
(gcide) | Famishment \Fam"ish*ment\, n.
State of being famished.
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famish
(wn) | famish
v 1: be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
[syn: starve, hunger, famish] [ant: be full]
2: deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" [syn: starve,
famish] [ant: feed, give]
3: die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to
death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
[syn: starve, famish] |
famished
(wn) | famished
adj 1: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food
and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and
ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory
enemy" [syn: famished, ravenous, sharp-set,
starved, esurient] |
famishment
(wn) | famishment
n 1: a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential
nutrients over a prolonged period [syn: starvation,
famishment] |
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