Online Google Dictionary

famish 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. starve: be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
  2. starve: deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
  3. (famished) extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
  4. (famishment) starvation: a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
  5. Hunger is the most commonly used term to describe the social condition of people (or organisms) who frequently experience, or live with the threat of experiencing, the physical sensation of hunger.
  6. To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger; To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hunger; To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary; To force or constrain by famine; To die of hunger; to starve; To ...
  7. (famished) [JP 1-02] (DoD) In air intercept, a code meaning, "Have you any instructions for me?"
  8. (famished) hambriento; famélico; hambriento
  9. To dream that you are famishing, foretells that you are meeting disheartening failure in some enterprise which you considered a promising success. To see others famishing, brings sorrow to others as well as to yourself.