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  • verb Present participle of starve.

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  • adjective suffering from lack of food
  • noun the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

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  • With a bit of exaggeration, this is what I am right now.

    October 14, 2008

  • Here. Have a celery stalk.

    *crunch crunch crunch*

    October 15, 2008

  • Mmmm, celery.

    October 15, 2008