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Third Person
famishes
Present Participle
famishing
Past Tense
famished
Past Participle
famished
1
die of food deprivation
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2
to be very hungry
- After hours of hiking, they began to famish and were desperate for food.
- She felt herself start to famish during the long meeting, wishing for a snack.
- The travelers began to famish after their food supply ran out during the long journey.
- They hadn’t eaten since breakfast, and the group started to famish by the late afternoon.
- By the time the dinner arrived, I could already feel myself beginning to famish.
Antonyms:
3
to make someone suffer severely from hunger
- The lack of food supplies during the war would famish many civilians, leading to desperate conditions.
- The government’s inability to distribute food effectively would famish thousands of people.
- The corrupt leaders allowed policies that would famish the poorest citizens.
- His decision to withhold food from the prisoners was meant to famish them into submission.
- The city’s blockade was intended to famish the opposing forces and force them to surrender.
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