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comparative more starved, superlative most starved
Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished. examples
(by extension) Deprived of nourishment or of something vital. examples
(colloquial, hyperbolic, emphatic) Extremely hungry. quotations examples
She said: "I'm starved. I could eat a horse." I told her she was lying, because I had once eaten horse.
1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 46
simple past and past participle of starve examples