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starvate

starvate verb: synonym of starve.

Verb

starvate (third-person singular simple present starvates, present participle starvating, simple past and past participle starvated)

  1. (nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) Synonym of starve.
    • The starvated individuals lose body weight; their body weight reduced to less than half the initiat weight.1951, Mie Kenritsu Daigaku, Suisan Gakubu, Report of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie
    • In addition, they cancel a negative correlation between the changes in the blood sugar level and the food intake which was previously established on the basis of determinations, performed in starvated rabbits, in the morning and in the evening.1964, Acta Biologiae Experimentalis - Volumes 24-26, page 236
    Synonyms:
    starve

Examples of starvate in a sentence

  • Feed intake of pullets alternatively starvated was the same as in full fed group.1976, European Poultry Conference - Volume 1, page 84:
  • On the other hand, in sham-operated or starvated groups, fetal body weight gain was not suppressed.1985, Masakuni Suzuki, Nobuaki Furuhashi, Perinatal care and gestosis, →ISBN:
  • Secondly, the model is currently designed for a fully-hydrated membrane under fuel-starvated conditions.2010, Z. Ogumi, Battery/Energy Technology (General) - 216th ECS Meeting, →ISBN:

Synonyms of starvate

Forms of starvate

third-person singular presentstarvates
present participlestarvating
past participlestarvated
paststarvated

Origin of starvate

Back-formation from starvation.

Questions about starvate

What does starvate mean?
Starvate means synonym of starve.
How do you use starvate in a sentence?
Feed intake of pullets alternatively starvated was the same as in full fed group.
What part of speech is starvate?
Starvate is a verb.
What is the past tense of starvate?
The past tense of starvate is starvated.

Words near starvate in the dictionary

  1. Staruh
  2. Starukh
  3. staruosporine
  4. starust
  5. starusts
  6. starvate
  7. starvated
  8. starvates
  9. starvating
  10. starvation
  11. starvation marrow

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