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famished
Overview of verb famish
The verb famish has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. starve, hunger, famish -- (be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!")
2. starve, famish -- (deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners")
3. starve, famish -- (die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought")
Overview of adj famished
The adj famished has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient -- (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")
Antonyms of verb famish
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb famish
3 senses of famish
Sense 1
starve, hunger, famish
=> suffer, hurt
=> be
Sense 2
starve, famish
=> deprive
=> withhold, keep back
=> deny, refuse
=> keep, hold on
=> have, have got, hold
Sense 3
starve, famish
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> change state, turn
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb famish
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb famish
3 senses of famish
Sense 1
starve, hunger, famish
=> suffer, hurt
Sense 2
starve, famish
=> deprive
Sense 3
starve, famish
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
'Cause To' of verb famish
1 of 3 senses of famish
Sense 2
starve, famish
=> starve, hunger, famish
Derived Forms of verb famish
Domain of verb famish
Domain Terms of verb famish
Familiarity of verb famish
famish used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb famish
3 senses of famish
Sense 1
starve, hunger, famish
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
starve, famish
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
starve, famish
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb famish
3 senses of famish
Sense 1
starve, hunger, famish
> suffer, hurt
=> have
=> gag, choke, strangle, suffocate
=> ail
=> starve, hunger, famish
Sense 2
starve, famish
> deprive
=> wean, ablactate
=> starve, famish
=> starve
=> tongue-tie
=> dock
=> bilk
=> disinherit, disown
=> impoverish
=> disenfranchise, disfranchise
Sense 3
starve, famish
> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> abort
=> suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
=> buy it, pip out
=> drown
=> predecease
=> starve, famish
=> fall
=> succumb, yield
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb famish
Sense 1
starve, hunger, famish
=> suffer, hurt
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Sense 2
starve, famish
=> deprive
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Sense 3
starve, famish
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
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Grep of verb famish
famish
Antonyms of adj famished
1 sense of famished
Sense 1
famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient
INDIRECT (VIA hungry) -> thirsty
Similarity of adj famished
1 sense of famished
Sense 1
famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient
=> hungry (vs. thirsty)
Pertainyms of adj famished
Attributes of adj famished
Domain of adj famished
Domain Terms of adj famished
Familiarity of adj famished
famished used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj famished
famished
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