To perish; to be destroyed.

To perish or die with cold; as, to starve with cold. [This sense is retained in England, but not in the United States.

To perish with hunger.

To suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent. Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed.

To kill with hunger. Maliciously to starve a man is, in law.

To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starve a garrison into a surrender.

To destroy by want; as, to starve plants by the want of nutriment.

To kill with cold. From beds of raging fire to starve in ice their soft ethereal warmth-