| starve | ~ out, mendera supaya kebulur sehinggalah menyerah: the guerrillas decided to ~ out the traitors, gerila-gerila itu memutuskan utk mendera pembelot-pembelot tersebut supaya kebulur sehinggalah menyerah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| starve | 4. force into stated condition, mendera [sso, sst] supaya kebulur: they ~d him into giving the information, mereka menderanya supaya kebulur sehinggalah memberikan maklumat itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| starve | 3. (colloq) be hungry, lapar betul, kebulur: the children were starving after swimming for hours, budak-budak itu lapar betul selepas berenang berjam-jam; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| starve | 2. deprive of food, membiarkan [sso, sst] /berlapar, kebulur/: the prisoners were beaten and ~d until they were too weak to try to escape, banduan-banduan itu dipukul dan dibiarkan berlapar sehingga mereka tdk berdaya utk melarikan diri; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |