famish
v.
be hungry, suffer from hunger; make hungry; starve to death
Hunger
Hunger is a feeling experienced when the
glycogen level of the
liver falls below a threshold, usually followed by a desire to eat. The usually unpleasant feeling originates in the
hypothalamus and is released through receptors in the liver. Although an average nourished human can survive weeks without food intake, the sensation of hunger typically begins after a couple hours without eating and is generally considered quite uncomfortable.
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famish
Verb
1. be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
(synonym) starve, hunger
(hypernym) suffer, hurt
2. deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
(synonym) starve
(hypernym) deprive
(cause) starve, hunger
(verb-group) starve
3. die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
(synonym) starve
(hypernym) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
Famish
(a.)
Smoky; hot; choleric.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Famish
To dream that you are famishing, foretells that you are meeting disheartening failure in some enterprise which you considered a promising success. To see others famishing, brings sorrow to others as well as to yourself.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project