starve

morire di fame

Avere moltissima fame.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: be very hungry

Espressioni comuni: starve until dinner, starve all morning

morire di fame

Morire perché non si ha abbastanza cibo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: starve to death (The abandoned animals starved to death.)

Sinonimi: die of hunger

Espressioni comuni: starve to death, starve without food

privare

Impedire a qualcuno o qualcosa di ricevere cibo, cure o altre cose necessarie.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: starve someone/something of something (The owners starved the business of investment.)

Sinonimi: deprive

Espressioni comuni: starve someone of, starve something of

costringere alla resa per fame

Costringere un nemico ad arrendersi bloccando i suoi rifornimenti di cibo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: starve someone out (The attackers tried to starve the soldiers out.); starve someone into submission/surrender (They starved the defenders into surrender.)

Espressioni comuni: starve someone out, starve into submission