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Meaning of famish

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

famish

Pronunciation:/ˈfamɪʃ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.

  2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hunger.

  3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.

  4. To force or constrain by famine.