starve

großen Hunger haben, vor Hunger sterben

Extrem starken Hunger haben.

In einfachem Englisch: To feel extremely hungry.

• I’m starving. Can we eat now?
• We were starving after our long walk.
• You must be starving after missing lunch.

Synonyme: be very hungry

Häufige Wendungen: starve until dinner, starve all morning

verhungern

Sterben, weil man nicht genug Nahrung bekommt.

In einfachem Englisch: To die because you do not have enough food.

• Without food, the animals will starve.
• Many villagers starved during the famine.
• The trapped explorers almost starved to death.

So benutzt man es: starve to death (The abandoned animals starved to death.)

Synonyme: die of hunger

Häufige Wendungen: starve to death, starve without food

vorenthalten

Jemandem oder etwas Nahrung, Fürsorge oder andere notwendige Dinge vorenthalten.

In einfachem Englisch: To prevent someone or something from getting food, care, or something else they need.

• They starved the children of affection.
• The project was starved of funds.
• Blocked pipes can starve an engine of fuel.

So benutzt man es: starve someone/something of something (The owners starved the business of investment.)

Synonyme: deprive

Häufige Wendungen: starve someone of, starve something of

aushungern

Einen Gegner zur Aufgabe zwingen, indem man seine Nahrungsversorgung unterbindet.

In einfachem Englisch: To make an enemy give up by stopping their food supplies.

• They planned to starve the defenders out.
• The army starved the garrison into surrender.
• A long blockade could starve the enemy into submission.

So benutzt man es: starve someone out (The attackers tried to starve the soldiers out.); starve someone into submission/surrender (They starved the defenders into surrender.)

Häufige Wendungen: starve someone out, starve into submission