Starve (verb)

1. Suffer or die from lack of food.
2. Cause to suffer or die from lack of food.
3. Refrain from eating.

Origin:

Old english steorfan, of germanic origin; related to dutch sterven and german sterben.

Examples:

1. The prisoners were starving.
2. Many people are starving in the war-torn country.
3. She starved herself to lose weight.
4. The drought caused the crops to fail and the people to starve.
5. The animal was slowly starving to death.