slovo | definícia |
starved (mass) | starved
- hladujúci, vyhladovaný |
starved (encz) | starved,hladověl v: Zdeněk Brož |
starved (encz) | starved,chudý adj: např. chudý lepený spoj – starved joint Jircz |
Starved (gcide) | Starve \Starve\ (st[aum]rv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Starved
(st[aum]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Starving.] [OE. sterven to
die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG.
sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil.]
1. To die; to perish. [Obs., except in the sense of perishing
with cold or hunger.] --Lydgate.
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In hot coals he hath himself raked . . .
Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. --Chaucer.
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2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want;
to be very indigent.
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Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. --Pope.
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3. To perish or die with cold. --Spenser.
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Have I seen the naked starve for cold? --Sandys.
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Starving with cold as well as hunger. --W. Irving.
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Note: In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used
in the United States.
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starved (wn) | starved
adj 1: suffering from lack of food [syn: starved, starving]
2: 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] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
sexstarved (mass) | sex-starved
- nadržaný |
sex-starved (encz) | sex-starved,nadržený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
starved aster (encz) | starved aster, n: |
Starved (gcide) | Starve \Starve\ (st[aum]rv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Starved
(st[aum]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Starving.] [OE. sterven to
die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG.
sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil.]
1. To die; to perish. [Obs., except in the sense of perishing
with cold or hunger.] --Lydgate.
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In hot coals he hath himself raked . . .
Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. --Chaucer.
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2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want;
to be very indigent.
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Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. --Pope.
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3. To perish or die with cold. --Spenser.
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Have I seen the naked starve for cold? --Sandys.
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Starving with cold as well as hunger. --W. Irving.
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Note: In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used
in the United States.
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starved starving (gcide) | malnourished \malnourished\ adj.
Not getting adequate food; suffering from malnutrition;
underfed. [Narrower terms: starved, starving; unfed;
foodless]
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Starvedly (gcide) | Starvedly \Starv"ed*ly\ (st[aum]rv"[e^]d*l[y^]), adv.
In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.
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Some boasting housekeeper which keepth open doors for
one day, . . . and lives starvedly all the year after.
--Bp. Hall.
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Wit-starved (gcide) | Wit-starved \Wit"-starved`\, a.
Barren of wit; destitute of genius. --Examiner.
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sex-starved (wn) | sex-starved
adj 1: desiring but deprived of sexual gratification |
starved aster (wn) | starved aster
n 1: a variety of aster [syn: starved aster, calico aster] |
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