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starvation

/stɑːˈveɪʃn/

US pronunciation

American sound/stɑːˈveɪʃn/

stɑːˈveɪʃn

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Open ah vowel
Ending: Final -tion sounds like shun

stɑː - ˈveɪʃn -> starvation

Myanmar meaning

အစားအစာ ငတ်ပြတ်ခြင်း။

Full entry

starve /stɑ:v / v

၁။ ငတ်မွတ်သည်။ အစာရေစာငတ်ပြတ်သည်။ အစာ ငတ်ခံသည်။ starve to death ❍ pictures of starving children ❍ wild animals starving in the drought ❍ (infml ) She's starving herself to try to lose weight.
၂။ (infml ) အလွန်ဆာသည်။ What's for dinner? I'm starving!
❏ starvation /stɑ:'veÇʃn / n [U] အစာရေစာ ငတ်ပြတ်ခြင်း။ ငတ်မွတ်ခြင်း။ die of starvation ❍ starvation wages (ie too low to buy enough food) ❍ a starvation diet (ie hardly enough food to keep one alive). မသေထမင်း မသေဟင်း။ မဝရေစာ။ ❍ HUNGER
❏ starve sb into sth/doing sth [PHRV ] (အညံ့ခံစေရန်၊ လက်နက်ချစေရန် စသည်) အစာအငတ် ထားသည်၊ စားရေ ရိက္ခာဖြတ်သည်။ be starved into surrender/surrendering.
❏ starve sb/sth of sth [PHRV ] ငတ်သည်။ မွတ်သိပ်သည်။ ပြတ်လပ်သည်။ children starved of affection ❍ Industry is being starved of technical expertise.
❏ starve sb out (of sth) [PHRV ] အစာရေစာဖြတ်၍ ခိုအောင်းနေရာမှ ထွက်လာစေ သည်။ It took 8 days to starve them out (of the building).

More examples

There are people out there who are starving because of your actions.
They were accused of deliberately starving the prisoners.
[starve yourself to death] : He threatened to starve himself to death if the war didn’t stop.

Synonyms

have nothing to eat, go hungry, be malnourished, waste away, abjure, abnegate, abstain, avoid, be deficient, be deprived of, be found wanting, be hungry, be insufficient, be poor, be short of, be without, call for, cease, constrain, count calories, curb, decline, demand, deny oneself, diet, do without, eat sparingly, eschew, evade, fall off, fall short in, famish, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, go short of food, go without, have need of, keep from, lack, lose weight, miss, need, not eat, pass, pass up, quit, reduce, refrain, refuse, renounce, require, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, skinny down, slim, slim down, spurn, stand in need of, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, tighten belt, waste with hunger, watch weight, withhold

Antonyms

accept, allow, continue, despise, dislike, do, eat, embrace, encourage, face, glut, gorge, hate, have, indulge, meet, stuff, use, want

Cross references

have nothing to eat go hungry be malnourished waste away abjure abnegate abstain avoid be deficient be deprived of be found wanting be hungry be insufficient be poor be short of be without call for cease constrain count calories curb decline demand deny oneself diet do without eat sparingly eschew

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