Adjective famished has 1 sense
- famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient - extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
Antonym: thirsty (indirect, via hungry)
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Verb famish has 3 senses
- starve, hunger, famish - be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
--1 is one way to suffer, hurt
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- starve, famish - deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
--2 is one way to deprive
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- starve, famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
--3 is one way to die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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