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] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Starveling — Starve ling, a. Hungry; lean; pining with want. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 …

    English World dictionary

  • 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 > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 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 …

    Wiktionary

  • 6starveling — [ stα:vlɪŋ] archaic adjective starving or emaciated. noun a starveling person or animal …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 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&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 8starveling — starve·ling || stÉ‘rvlɪŋ / stɑːv n. person or animal that is suffering from lack of nourishment …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9starveling — I. a. Lean, meagre, lank, emaciated, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw boned, hungry, thin, attenuated, ill fed, ill conditioned. II. n. Pauper, mendicant, beggar …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 10starveling — noun (C) literary a person or animal that is thin and unhealthy from lack of food …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English