famish verb. ['famɪʃ] LME.
[from FAME verb² + -ISH².]
1. verb trans. Reduce to the extremes of hunger; starve. LME.

2. verb trans. Kill with hunger, starve to death. LME.

3. verb intrans.
a. Suffer extreme hunger. M16.
b. Die of starvation. M16-L18.

■ famished adjective starved; colloq. very hungry: LME.

■ famishing adjective starving; colloq. very hungry: L16.

■ famishment noun the state, condition, or process of being famished L15.

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