STARVE

starve. Starve, v. to perish or kill with hunger, (with cold, Eng.)

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Starve (stärv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Starved (stärvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Starving.] [[OE. sterven to die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG. sterban, Icel. starf labor, toil.]] 1. 1. To die; to perish. Lydgate.
In hot coals he hath himself raked . . . Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. Chaucer. 2. 2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. Pope. 3. 3. To perish or die with cold. Spenser.
Have I seen the naked starve for cold? Sandys. Starving with cold as well as hunger. W. Irving. ☞ In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used in the United States.