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STARVELING

\stˈɑːvəlɪŋ], \stˈɑːvəlɪŋ], \s_t_ˈɑː_v_ə_l_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of STARVELING

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment.
Hungry; lean; pining with want.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

One who, or that which, pines from lack of food.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A thin, weak, pining animal or plant.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Hungry; starving; meagre.
One who, or that which, is meagre and pining.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A person or animal that is starving.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. An animal or plant made thin, lean, and weak, through want of nutriment.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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