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famished
(encz) | famished,hladový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
famished
(encz) | famished,vyhladovělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
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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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] |
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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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