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starve in Tagalog

gutumin

UK/stɑːv//stɑɹv/

starve in Tagalog: gutumin, magutom. In English, starve means to die because of lack of food or of not eating.

Tagalog words for starve

to die because of lack of food
gutumin
to be very hungry
magutom

English meaning of starve

  1. verb To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
  2. verb To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating.
  3. verb To be very hungry.
  4. verb To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.

Full definition of starve

starve in a sentence

  • I was starving so I wrote S.O.S. on the desert island using rocks.
  • If they refuse to surrender the garrison, we'll just starve them out.
  • Some historians have since classified the Siege of Leningrad as a genocide due to the intentional destruction of the city and the systematic starvation of its civilian population.

Synonyms of starve

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Questions about starve in Tagalog

What is the meaning of starve in Tagalog?
Starve in Tagalog is gutumin, magutom.
Ano ang starve sa Tagalog?
Starve: gutumin, magutom.
What does starve mean in English?
Starve means to die because of lack of food or of not eating.

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