starve

crever de faim, mourir de faim

Avoir extrêmement faim.

En anglais simple : To feel extremely hungry.

• I’m starving. Can we eat now?
• We were starving after our long walk.
• You must be starving after missing lunch.

Synonymes : be very hungry

Expressions courantes : starve until dinner, starve all morning

mourir de faim

Mourir parce qu’on n’a pas assez de nourriture.

En anglais simple : To die because you do not have enough food.

• Without food, the animals will starve.
• Many villagers starved during the famine.
• The trapped explorers almost starved to death.

Comment l'utiliser : starve to death (The abandoned animals starved to death.)

Synonymes : die of hunger

Expressions courantes : starve to death, starve without food

priver

Empêcher une personne ou une chose de recevoir de la nourriture, des soins ou autre chose dont elle a besoin.

En anglais simple : To prevent someone or something from getting food, care, or something else they need.

• They starved the children of affection.
• The project was starved of funds.
• Blocked pipes can starve an engine of fuel.

Comment l'utiliser : starve someone/something of something (The owners starved the business of investment.)

Synonymes : deprive

Expressions courantes : starve someone of, starve something of

réduire par la faim

Forcer un ennemi à se rendre en l’empêchant de recevoir de la nourriture.

En anglais simple : To make an enemy give up by stopping their food supplies.

• They planned to starve the defenders out.
• The army starved the garrison into surrender.
• A long blockade could starve the enemy into submission.

Comment l'utiliser : starve someone out (The attackers tried to starve the soldiers out.); starve someone into submission/surrender (They starved the defenders into surrender.)

Expressions courantes : starve someone out, starve into submission