starveling
1Starveling — Starve ling (st[aum]rv l[i^]ng), n. [Starve + ling.] One who, or that which, pines from lack of food, or nutriment. [1913 Webster] Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
2Starveling — Starve ling, a. Hungry; lean; pining with want. [1913 Webster] …
3starveling — [stärv′liŋ] n. [ STARVE + LING1] a person or animal that is thin or weak from lack of food adj. 1. starving; weak and hungry 2. suffering, showing, or caused by extreme deprivation; impoverished …
4starveling — I. noun Date: 1546 one that is thin from or as if from lack of food II. adjective Date: 1578 being a starveling; also marked by poverty or inadequacy < starveling wages > …
5starveling — noun One who is thin from lack of food. If I hang, Ill make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling …
6starveling — [ stα:vlɪŋ] archaic adjective starving or emaciated. noun a starveling person or animal …
7starveling — /stahrv ling/, n. 1. a person, animal, or plant that is starving. adj. 2. starving; suffering from lack of nourishment. 3. pining with want. 4. poverty stricken. 5. poor in condition or quality. 6. such as to entail or suggest starvation. [1540… …
8starveling — starve·ling || stÉ‘rvlɪŋ / stÉ‘Ëv n. person or animal that is suffering from lack of nourishment …
9starveling — I. a. Lean, meagre, lank, emaciated, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw boned, hungry, thin, attenuated, ill fed, ill conditioned. II. n. Pauper, mendicant, beggar …
10starveling — noun (C) literary a person or animal that is thin and unhealthy from lack of food …
