Similar words: starve, carved, starving, starvation, carve, marvel, carven, parvenu. Meaning: [stɑrv /stɑːv] 
adj. 1. suffering from lack of food 2. extremely hungry.
adj. 1. suffering from lack of food 2. extremely hungry. 121. I prefer to be starved to death rather than beg.
122. Beginning in the autumn of 1609, following Smith's departure for England, Powhatan came to believe that the English could be starved into submission.