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famish
Overview of verb famish
The verb famish has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. starve, hunger, famish -- (be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!")
2. starve, famish -- (deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners")
3. starve, famish -- (die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought")
Grep of noun famish
famishment
Antonyms of verb famish
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb famish
3 senses of famish
Sense 1
starve, hunger, famish
=> suffer, hurt
=> be
Sense 2
starve, famish
=> deprive
=> withhold, keep back
=> deny, refuse
=> keep, hold on
=> have, have got, hold
Sense 3
starve, famish
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> change state, turn
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb famish
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb famish
3 senses of famish
Sense 1
starve, hunger, famish
=> suffer, hurt
Sense 2
starve, famish
=> deprive
Sense 3
starve, famish
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
'Cause To' of verb famish
1 of 3 senses of famish
Sense 2
starve, famish
=> starve, hunger, famish
Derived Forms of verb famish
Domain of verb famish
Domain Terms of verb famish
Familiarity of verb famish
famish used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb famish
3 senses of famish
Sense 1
starve, hunger, famish
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
starve, famish
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
starve, famish
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb famish
3 senses of famish
Sense 1
starve, hunger, famish
> suffer, hurt
=> have
=> gag, choke, strangle, suffocate
=> ail
=> starve, hunger, famish
Sense 2
starve, famish
> deprive
=> wean, ablactate
=> starve, famish
=> starve
=> tongue-tie
=> dock
=> bilk
=> disinherit, disown
=> impoverish
=> disenfranchise, disfranchise
Sense 3
starve, famish
> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> abort
=> suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
=> buy it, pip out
=> drown
=> predecease
=> starve, famish
=> fall
=> succumb, yield
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb famish
Sense 1
starve, hunger, famish
=> suffer, hurt
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Sense 2
starve, famish
=> deprive
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Sense 3
starve, famish
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
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Grep of verb famish
famish
Grep of adj famish
famished
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