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Starvation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Starvation : (noun)
1: a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential
nutrients over a prolonged period [syn: famishment]
2: the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the
beseigers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were
charged with the starvation of children in their care"
[syn: starving]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Starvation : \Star*va"tion\, n.
The act of starving, or the state of being starved.
Note: This word was first used, according to Horace Walpole,
by Henry Dundas, the first Lord Melville, in a speech
on American affairs in 1775, which obtained for him the
nickname of Starvation Dundas. ``Starvation, we are
also told, belongs to the class of 'vile compounds'
from being a mongrel; as if English were not full of
mongrels, and if it would not be in distressing straits
without them.'' --Fitzed. Hall.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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