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Meaning of "starver" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STARVER

starver  [ˈstɑːvə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STARVER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Starver 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 STARVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

starver

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 starver in the English dictionary

The definition of starver in the dictionary is a person who does not eat.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STARVER


all´ottava
æləˈtɑːvə
Balaclava
ˌbæləˈklɑːvə
Bratislava
ˌbrætɪˈslɑːvə
brava
ˈbrɑːvə
carver
ˈkɑːvə
carvers
ˈkɑːvə
cassava
kəˈsɑːvə
cava
ˈkɑːvə
Djawa
ˈdʒɑːvə
Drave
ˈdrɑːvə
fava
ˈfɑːvə
guava
ˈɡwɑːvə
Java
ˈdʒɑːvə
kava
ˈkɑːvə
larva
ˈlɑːvə
lava
ˈlɑːvə
Morava
məˈrɑːvə
ottava
əʊˈtɑːvə
Sava
ˈsɑːvə
woodcarver
ˈwʊdˌkɑːvə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STARVER

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE STARVER

charver
conserver
deserver
file server
inertial observer
interobserver
life preserver
mail server
marver
nerver
observer
preserver
process-server
proxy server
reserver
rootserver
server
swerver
timeserver
undeserver

Synonyms and antonyms of starver in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «starver» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STARVER

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

Translator English - Chinese

starver
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

starver
570 millions of speakers

English

starver
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

starver
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

starver
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

starver
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

starver
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

starver
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

affameur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelakon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

starver
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

starver
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

starver
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lintang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

starver
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

starver
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चांदणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

starver
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affamatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

starver
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

starver
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

starver
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

starver
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

starver
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

starver
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

starver
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of starver

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STARVER»

The term «starver» is used very little and occupies the 165.009 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STARVER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «starver» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «starver» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STARVER»

Discover the use of starver in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to starver and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Franz Kafka
The starver simply does not take to what the rest take to, and his reasons must remain as much a mystery to us as to them. The mysteriousness of the starving is something of a disappointment. Granted that hungering has certain overtones in  ...
Ronald D. Gray, 1973
2
Does the Law Morally Bind the Poor, Or, what Good's the ...
In such a case, it might be morally more attractive to convict the undeserving starver of conspiracy to steal, if the starver knows of and approves of the theft in advance, and to acquit the actual thief on grounds of necessity, even though the ...
R. George Wright, 1996
3
Art as Spectacle: Images of the Entertainer Since Romanticism
But the starver, despite desertion by his audience, continues to fast anyway. He does decline for lack of observers, as he must abandon his own show for a circus . There he becomes less an artiste and more a freak. But this man chooses his ...
Naomi Ritter, 1989
4
The South African Magazine
corner, and inwestiug in a starver—that's a brown, and a quarter of a yard of red tape—that's a joey; the 'tother joey she can keep to'ards the rent.” “ Starver and red tape !” I exclaimed, in bewilderment. “ He means a penny loaf and a quartern  ...
‎1868
5
Ikons
But Lenoid knew something the others did not. It was his secret and some day it would allow him to repay the villagers of Hutawa many times over for their lack of respect. Lenoid's mother arrived in Hutawa through the grace of a starver, one of  ...
Steve Pribish, 2003
6
Purge
I wonder if someone else will take over as the Starver-in-Chief. Do you think they have an election or draw straws or something? Vote for me, and I guarantee that those Barfers will have to wait till kingdom come before they get to eat! Elect me ...
Sarah Littman, Sarah Darer Littman, 2013
7
The Atlantic Monthly
A mixed flock of rooks and jackdaws fly down to dig the grain. The crow starver springs up; the ragged trousers flap round his thin legs. (When they became entirely disgraceful he would beg a new pair from 'his reverence,' and give his own to ...
‎1927
8
The Atlantic
Only the Starver sat alone among the shadows in his empty home, and wondered what the devil was the matter. _ Presently he, too, went out to find his mates in the Blue Star. The birthday came, and Lizzie got her summons out, but it did not ...
‎1912
9
Feeding the Hungry Heart: The Experience of Compulsive Eating
Describes the experiences of compulsive eaters, examines their obsessions with both food and thinness, and tells how to change one's attitude about eating. Reissue.
Geneen Roth, 1993
10
A Genealogy of Some of the Descendants of Gershom and Miss ...
... Printers, 1878, 16. 52. Blair, William T. The Michael Shoemaker Book. Printed for J. I. Shoemaker. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Press, 1924., 482. 53. Cemetery Records of Chemung Co., Compiled by (Mrs) Hugh Quigley Starver ...
Clark Kidder, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STARVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term starver is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Sigma Gamma Rho honors mothers
Guests were entertained by songstress Kara Starver and heard important remarks from Mike Hellman of the Pittsburgh AIDS Taskforce. Hellman spoke about his ... «New Pittsburgh Courier, Jun 15»
2
Dover airmen always willing to lend a hand
“DAFB is not in the middle of nowhere,” Lt. Starver said. “We fall in the heart of the city in a sense. We want to pay respect to our community, as we realize that we ... «newszap.com, Apr 15»
3
Governments fear the jobless
And so was challenged an unemployment benefit “cuts and cuts again” regime, long promised by “baby starver” and Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville ... «Morning Star Online, Feb 15»
4
Blogger Charles Pierce: Paul Ryan's Social Security Plan 'Use[s …
Esquire blogger Charles Pierce routinely refers to Paul Ryan as a “zombie-eyed granny starver” and did so again on Tuesday, but Pierce didn't merely recycle ... «NewsBusters, Jan 15»
5
Alleged dog starver to see shrink
Andrea Noel, charged with failure to provide the necessities of life in the death of four Pomeranians, leaves the Ottawa Courthouse on Tuesday January 6, 2015. «Ottawa Sun, Jan 15»
6
Senior center members support community causes
... her dog Wesson; Lori Starver, senior center manager, and Chevy, owned by Bill Swanger, of Indiana; and Maureen Roth, night manager at the senior center. «Indiana Gazette, Dec 14»
7
Zombie-Eyed Granny Starving, 2.0
On Thursday, the zombie-eyed granny starver from the state of Wisconsin went to the American Enterprise Institute -- and there's one of your tells right there -- to ... «Esquire, Jul 14»
8
History of Wilfred Owen in Dunsden researched
Laurence was born in 1898 and was a choirboy. At the age of 12 he already had a job scaring birds from the fields, known as a “bird-starver”. His sons visited the ... «Henley Standard, Jul 14»
9
What Are The Gobshites Saying These Days?
He was joined on the show by James (To Hell With The Jews) Baker, and Paul Ryan, the zombie-eyed granny starver from Wisconsin and most recent First ... «Esquire, Mar 14»
10
The Lone Atheist At CPAC
... water one more time while describing the great victory won the other day over Debo Adegbile, or watch Paul Ryan, the old zombie-eyed granny starver himself ... «Esquire, Mar 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Starver [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/starver>. Apr 2024 ».
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