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starvelings

 

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Noun starveling has 1 sense
  1. starveling - someone who is starving (or being starved)
    --1 is a kind of
    pauper, poor man

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Starvelings

Noun: Starvelings refers to people who are extremely thin or weak due to lack of food and nourishment.

Example sentence: The aid organization provided food and medical assistance to the starvelings living in poverty-stricken regions.

Noun: Starvelings can also be used to describe characters in literature who are portrayed as weak and malnourished.

Example sentence: In the novel, the protagonist encounters a group of starvelings held captive in a dark dungeon.

Verb: Starvelings can also be used as a verb to describe the act of causing someone to become extremely thin or weak due to deprivation of food.

Example sentence: During the war, the enemy forces deliberately starveled the prisoners of war to weaken their spirits.

Adjective: Starvelings can also be used as an adjective to describe something that is thin or weak due to lack of substance.

Example sentence: The starvelings branches of the tree barely supported the weight of the birds.

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