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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-STARVED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-STARVED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half-Starved is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HALF-STARVED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of half-starved in the English dictionary

The definition of half-starved in the dictionary is having been deprived of food; malnourished.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-STARVED

half-second
half-section
half-serious
half-seriously
half-shut
half-silvered
half-sister
half-size
half-sleeve
half-slip
half-smile
half-sole
half-staff
half-step
half-tide
half-timber
half-timbered
half-timbering
half-time
half-title

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-STARVED

curved
decurved
deserved
reserved
sex-starved
time-served
triple-nerved
uncarved
uncurved
underserved
undeserved
unnerved
unobserved
unreserved
unserved
varved
well-deserved
well-preserved

Synonyms and antonyms of half-starved in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «half-starved» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-STARVED

Find out the translation of half-starved to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half-starved from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half-starved» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半饥饿状态
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medio muertos de hambre
570 millions of speakers

English

half-starved
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधे भूखे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصف المتعطشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полуголодные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meio morto de fome
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আধপেটা খাইতে পার এমন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

famélique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setengah-kelaparan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

halb verhungert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

半分に飢えた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반 굶주린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah-keluwen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa đói
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகவும் குறைவான உணவைப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धा भुकेलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yarı aç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mezzo morto di fame
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pół zagłodzony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

напівголодні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aproape mort de foame
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισό - πεινασμένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half -honger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halv -svalt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halv -sultet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half-starved

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-STARVED»

The term «half-starved» is regularly used and occupies the 88.417 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-STARVED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half-starved

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-STARVED»

Discover the use of half-starved in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-starved and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shavetails and Bell Sharps: The History of the U.S. Army Mule
Instead of horses they rode mules, described as half-starved and half-broken- down even at the beginning of the march. Better mules were available, and fine specimens were publicly sold in Santa Fe but at a higher price than quartermasters ...
Emmett M. Essin, 2000
2
Drama Structures: A Practical Handbook for Teachers
Jim Jarvis led him through the dark streets and dirty alleyways until they reached Petticoat Lane. Here, on the roof of an old clothes shop, Barnardo found a number of children huddled together, ragged and half-starved, but asleep in the cold.
Cecily O'Neill, Alan Lambert, 1982
3
A Most Wanted Man: A Novel
Smuggled into Hamburg, Issa, a young Russian man, forms an alliance with Annabel, a civil rights lawyer, and Tommy Brue, scion of a failing British bank, as they become victims of rival intelligence operations in the War on Terror.
John le Carre, 2009
4
Policing Shanghai, 1927-1937
Half-starved mothers would hold up their half-starved babies, miserable crying little bundles. Groups of three or four filthy children would descend upon you demanding their kumshah. Old men would follow you for two or three blocks, ...
Frederic Wakeman, Jr. Jr., 1995
5
The Gold Rush: 1847-1849
Sam was soon seen in the distance driving two half-starved mules pulling a two- wheeled cart. Lu was leading the horse that Sam had been riding. Sam had thought after he fed and watered the mules, they would be more likely trained to pull ...
Frank W. Lewis, 2010
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... us informal very hungry 2 half-starved dangerously thin: A lot of these fashion models look half-starved to me. starving /'sta:.virj/ ® /'stair-/ adjective no food© 1 dying because of not having enough food: The cats were neglected and starving.
‎2008
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A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY
Half-starved spiders feed on half-starved Jlies.*f Whereas in a well-constituted society each member, being properly employed a'nd remunerated, necessarily concurs in promoting the general prosperity .— Thtere were, however, soirie efforts ...
CHARLES MAYO, L.L.B, 1804
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Heraldic Anomalies
The big-bellied Vicar and his half-starved parishioners have been exhibited to the passing crowd in St. Paul's Church-yard every day, except Sundays, for forty years past. The picture might with great truth be reversed ; a half- starved ...
Edward Nares, 1824
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A Dictionary of the English and Russian Languages:
Полуголбдный, a. half-hungry, half-starved. Полугрйвна, f. half a greevna, a half -greevna, five copeeks. Honj'Aa, tinning.` Hoayaèuemnblù,a.halfdenushca. Полуденникъ, m. meridian; south wind. Honyaeunblù, a. mid~dayì\noon, \.
Jacob Banks, 1840
10
River of Dark Dreams
Charles Ball again: “A half-starved Negro is a miserable-looking creature. His skin becomes dry, and appears to be sprinkled over with whitish husks, or scales; the glossiness of his face vanishes, his hair loses its color, becomes dry and when ...
Walter Johnson, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-STARVED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half-starved is used in the context of the following news items.
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Juncker's 'Typically European' deal has a sop for Greece and one for …
... watch – he has managed to steer a course that has kept the company relevant in a sector that has eaten rivals like a half-starved Pac-Man. «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
How White Bread Helped Win World War II
And it was white bread that the half-starved denizens of occupied cities craved: “In many a liberated town,” Time reported, “the first question ... «Yahoo Food, Jul 15»
3
Coffin: The Confederate Flag
Nearly two years later, Vermont cavalrymen were present in the fields around Appomattox Court House when half-starved Confederate soldiers ... «Vermont Public Radio, Jul 15»
4
'Predator' Groenhart: 'I want to beat Nieky Holzken up'
At lightweight I have been feeling weak and half-starved because of the weight cut but at welterweight I can go full-power and Sugden won't ... «Bloody Elbow, Jul 15»
5
How did we get to this welfare state?
... Dickens or Henry Mayhew exposed the living conditions of the "great unwashed", half-starved and crammed into stinking, unsanitary slums. «BBC News, Jul 15»
6
Kim Kardashian's July 4th outfit was so freaking American (Photo)
Just kidding, it was made by half-starved Nepalese kids chained up in a dungeon. What could be more American than forcing enslaved child ... «Lightly Buzzed, Jul 15»
7
At the French Institute
... the spineless, 'impotent and half-starved' nation they are, plodding along on 'the back of the she-camel and the pipeline' (Algerian oil output ... «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
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The Tale Of Martunis: Sporting Lisbon's Latest Signing Has One Hell …
Half-starved, dehydrated and badly bitten, the youngster was given emergency medical treatment before being reunited with his father, Sarbini. «Who Ate All The Pies, Jul 15»
9
What The Surrender At Appomattox Court House 150 Years Ago …
... worn and half-starved as they were. The field and staff take their positions in the intervals of regiments; generals in rear of their commands. «Task & Purpose, Jul 15»
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Men's fashion: It's a breath of fresh air to see men being treated like …
What a breath of fresh air it is to see men being treated like women at last: trussed up, exposed, pin-headed, half-starved twigs, their ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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