Definition of "starves" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of starve. (verb)

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• "By ignoring the law, the congress, the Courts and every other force for justice, the Bushites and their friends have gone from millionaires, to billionaires and some to multi-billionaires, while 75% of the word starves-and they call themselves Christians and go to church on Sundays?"
• "The sense, of course, is that if a Brahmana starves, that is due to the king having neglected his duty of providing for him."
• "On the other hand, a lady who has read the work of this poor German finds in it an episode that she expands into a novel, which sells rapidly, and she reaps at home a large reward for her labors; while the man who gave her the idea starves in a garret."