"starving" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈstɑːvɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-starving.ogg [US] Forms: more starving [comparative], most starving [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} starving (comparative more starving, superlative most starving)
  1. Extremely hungry Synonyms: ravenous Derived forms: starving artist, starvingly
    Sense id: en-starving-en-adj-zdRqLVLn

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈstɑːvɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-starving.ogg [US] Forms: starvings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} starving (plural starvings)
  1. starvation
    Sense id: en-starving-en-noun-vc1pmRUA

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈstɑɹvɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈstɑːvɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-starving.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} starving
  1. present participle and gerund of starve Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: starve
    Sense id: en-starving-en-verb-hkxA3taA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 8 61

Inflected forms

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