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overstarve

overstarve verb: to starve too much.

Verb

overstarve (third-person singular simple present overstarves, present participle overstarving, simple past and past participle overstarved)

  1. (rare) To starve too much.
    • To overstarving Asia the reputation of Australians is extremely high1966, Australian Territories, volume 6, page 48

Forms of overstarve

third-person singular presentoverstarves
present participleoverstarving
past participleoverstarved
pastoverstarved

Origin of overstarve

From over- + starve.

Questions about overstarve

What does overstarve mean?
Overstarve means to starve too much.
What part of speech is overstarve?
Overstarve is a verb.
What is the past tense of overstarve?
The past tense of overstarve is overstarved.

Words near overstarve in the dictionary

  1. overstare
  2. overstared
  3. overstares
  4. overstaring
  5. overstarvation
  6. overstarve
  7. overstarved
  8. overstarving
  9. overstate
  10. overstated
  11. overstatedness

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