i'm starving — An expression used to indicate extreme hunger
Part of speech: INTERJECTION
Definition: An expression used to indicate extreme hunger
Pronunciation (IPA): /aɪm ˈstɑːrvɪŋ/
Example Sentences
- I'm starving! I haven't eaten since breakfast.
- My stomach is growling so loudly - I'm starving and everyone can hear it!
- After that 5-hour meeting, I'm starving and ready to eat a horse.
i'm starving
INTERJECTION[/aɪm ˈstɑːrvɪŋ/]
An expression used to indicate extreme hunger
After hiking all morning, he groaned 'I'm starving' and stared at the menu.
I'm starving, but I'm still carving!
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
The verb 'starve' derives from Old English 'steorfan', meaning 'to die'. Over time, the sense narrowed to specifically mean 'to die from hunger', and eventually generalized to mean 'to suffer extreme hunger' or 'to be very hungry', reflecting the semantic shift from death to deprivation.
Breakdown
steorfan (Old English: to die) → starve (to die from hunger, to be extremely hungry). The suffix -e represents the infinitive form in Old English, which was eventually dropped in Modern English.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“I'm starving! I haven't eaten since breakfast.”
“My stomach is growling so loudly - I'm starving and everyone can hear it!”
“After that 5-hour meeting, I'm starving and ready to eat a horse.”
“I'm starving but I'm also too lazy to cook anything.”
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