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" I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, of course."
A. J. Jacobs

Meaning of "starvation" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF STARVATION

stɑːˈveɪʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STARVATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Starvation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STARVATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Starvation

Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake. It is the most extreme form of malnutrition. In humans, prolonged starvation can cause permanent organ damage and eventually, death. The term inanition refers to the symptoms and effects of starvation. According to the World Health Organization, hunger is the single gravest threat to the world's public health. The WHO also states that malnutrition is by far the biggest contributor to child mortality, present in half of all cases. Undernutrition is a contributory factor in the death of 3.1 million children under five every year. Figures on actual starvation are difficult to come by, but according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the less severe condition of undernourishment currently affects about 842 million people, or about one in eight people in the world population. The bloated stomach, as seen in the picture to the right, represents a form of malnutrition called kwashiorkor which is caused by insufficient protein despite a sufficient caloric intake. Children are more vulnerable to kwashiorkor whose advanced symptoms include weight loss and muscle wasting.

Definition of starvation in the English dictionary

The definition of starvation in the dictionary is the act or an instance of starving or state of being starved.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STARVATION

activation · conservation · cultivation · deactivation · denervation · deprivation · derivation · elevation · excavation · inactivation · innovation · motivation · novation · observation · ovation · preservation · reactivation · renovation · reservation · salvation

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STARVATION

starting rate · starting salary · starting stalls · startingly · startle · startle colour · startled · startlement · startler · startling · startlingly · startlish · starvation diet · starvation level · starve · starve the bardies! · starveling · starver · starving · starwort

WORDS THAT END LIKE STARVATION

accreditation · action · administration · animation · application · association · certification · citation · combination · communication · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · destination · documentation · duration · education · evaluation · excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of starvation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STARVATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «starvation» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «starvation» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF STARVATION

Find out the translation of starvation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of starvation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «starvation» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

饥饿
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

hambre
570 millions of speakers
en

English

starvation
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

भुखमरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المجاعة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

голодание
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

inanição
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অনাহার
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

faim
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kelaparan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Hunger
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

餓死
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

기아
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Keluwen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đói
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பட்டினி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

उपासमार घडवणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

açlık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

fame
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

głód
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

голодування
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

foame
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πείνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

honger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svält
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sult
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of starvation

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STARVATION»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about starvation

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «STARVATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word starvation.
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Mary Hunter Austin
Death by starvation is slow.
2
Theodore Bikel
By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.
3
Conrad Black
The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes.
4
Tre Cool
I wanna survive an avalanche. I wanna be one of those people a dog finds buried under a ton of snow, almost dying of starvation.
5
Jacob Epstein
My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a person who was condemned to starvation.
6
Foster Friess
The United Nations Children's Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have lost both parents to the ravages of AIDS, starvation, war or natural disasters.
7
Martha Gellhorn
Furthermore, they were constantly informed by all the camp authorities that they had been abandoned by the world: they were beggars and lucky to receive the daily soup of starvation.
8
Mohsin Hamid
It is not surprising that most Pakistanis do not support America's bombardment of Afghanistan. The Afghans are neighbours on the brink of starvation and devastated by war. America has shown itself to be untrustworthy, a superpower that uses its values as a scabbard for its sword.
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A. J. Jacobs
I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, of course.
10
Abbey Lee Kershaw
A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STARVATION»

Discover the use of starvation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to starvation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Comparative Physiology of Fasting, Starvation, and Food ...
This book summarizes state of the art of starvation biology from the ecological causes of food limitation to the physiological and evolutionary consequences of prolonged fasting.
Marshall D. McCue, 2012
2
Starvation Lake
Secrets which those closest to him will kill to keep hidden. The first novel in Bryan Gruley's award-winning Starvation Lake series.
Bryan Gruley, 2012
3
The biology of human starvation
Describes what is called The Minnesota Experiment, carried out with the assistence of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
University of Minnesota. Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, Ancel Keys, 1950
4
Three Famines: Starvation and Politics
Through the lens of three of the most devastating food crises in modern history--the Górta Mor of British-ruled Ireland, the great famine of British-ruled Bengal in 1943, and the string of famines that plagued Ethiopia during the 1970s and ...
Thomas Keneally, 2010
5
The Great Starvation Experiment: Ancel Keys and the Men Who ...
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Free Press, c2006.
Todd Tucker, 2007
6
Starvation in Africa
Examines the problem of starvation in Africa, discussing the country's geography and history of famine, the elements that cause it, and strategies to fight it; and cites examples of twentieth and early twenty-first century food shortages.
Linley Erin Hall, 2006
7
Hunger: The Biology and Politics of Starvation
A timely and provocative look at the role political developments and the biology of nutrition play in world famine
John R. Butterly, Jack Shepherd, 2010
8
Starvation in bacteria
Researchers seeking an understanding of the far-reaching implications of bacterial starvation in bacterial physiology and ecology, applied bacteriology, and environmental biotechnology will find no substitute for this work.
Staffan Kjelleberg, 1993
9
Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation
After he gives up drinking milk and his multiple illnesses suddenly go away, Alby shares his newfound cure with others, but when sales go way down, the Milk Marketing Board decides to take drastic actions against Alby, and now he must keep ...
Martin Millar, 2009
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Between Damnation and Starvation: Priests and Merchants in ...
While some scholars have focused on various aspects of the denominational origins of the education system, and others have revealed the influence of religion on the electoral results of the pre-1864 period, the complete story has never been ...
John P. Greene, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STARVATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term starvation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Judge Rejects Plea Deal for Woman Charged in Starvation Case
She was charged last year after a state medical examiner ruled her son died from chronic starvation due to untreated juvenile appetite disorder. His death was ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
2
South Sudan: Starvation threatens unless urgent action is taken
South Sudan: Starvation threatens unless urgent action is taken ... needs to be taken to save hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan from starvation. «ICRC, Jun 15»
3
South Carolina dad gets life sentence in daughter's starvation
LEXINGTON — A Lexington County father has been sentenced to life in prison for the starvation of his toddler daughter. The State reports that Filiberto ... «Greenville News, Jun 15»
4
Caseworkers of toddler who weighed 13 pounds when she died of …
CINCINNATI – Two caseworkers assigned to a 2-year-old Ohio girl who weighed 13 pounds when she died of starvation and blunt-force injury have resigned. «Fox News, Apr 15»
5
Hamilton County dad charged in tot's starvation death pleads not guilty
CINCINNATI -- The father of a 2-year-old girl who weighed 13 pounds when she died of starvation and blunt-force injury has pleaded not guilty in Ohio to murder ... «Columbus Dispatch, Apr 15»
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Koalas could be culled in overpopulated areas to prevent starvation
On Wednesday, the Victorian government confirmed almost 700 sick and starving koalas were euthanised at Cape Otway, in the state's south-west, in 2013 and ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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'Just skin and bones:' mother to be sentenced for starvation of …
EDMONTON — Social worker Sheli Steil remembers when two-year-old twin girls were taken to hospital after being beaten, neglected and starved. One of them ... «Globalnews.ca, Mar 15»
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Baby Starvation: Oregon Couple Arrested After 7-Month-Old Baby …
A baby died of starvation in Oregon, and his parents have since been arrested and charged in his death. According to Oregon Live, 26-year-old Stephen Michael ... «The Inquisitr, Feb 15»
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Tenn. woman arrested in baby's starvation death
SMYRNA, Tenn. – A Tennessee woman was charged Wednesday with murder after authorities determined that her infant son had died of starvation. «USA TODAY, Feb 15»
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Over 38000 Somali children facing starvation: UN
Nairobi (AFP) - Over 38,000 Somali children are at "high risk" from dying from starvation despite hunger levels improving by almost a third across the war-torn ... «Yahoo News, Jan 15»
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