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How to pronounce “starve”

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Pronunciation guide for starve

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of starve with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About Itenough food, then you believe that the mothers are willing to starve their children to death
Definition summary: (intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.

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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

enough food, then you believe that the mothers are willing to starve their children to death

[Verb]
(intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
(intransitive) To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating.
(intransitive) To be very hungry.
(transitive) To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
(transitive) To make suffer severely by depriving of food.
(transitive) To force a combatant to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in a targeted siege.
(transitive, dated) To force a population center to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in sieges in international armed conflicts.
(transitive) To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
(intransitive) To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
(transitive, British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold.
(intransitive, obsolete) To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.