famine
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- 11
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Definition of famine
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)Extreme shortage of food in a region.
“Dr. Bhatia pointed out that famine had occurred in all ages and in all societies where means of communication and transport were not developed.”
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noun
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(uncountable)Extreme shortage of food in a region.
“Dr. Bhatia pointed out that famine had occurred in all ages and in all societies where means of communication and transport were not developed.”
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(countable)A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
“1986, United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa The root causes of the current famine are known: poverty, low health standards....”
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(countable, dated, uncountable)Starvation or malnutrition.
“His own flesh, however, which he lost by famine, shall be restored to him by Him who can recover even what has evaporated.”
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(countable, uncountable)Severe shortage or lack of something.
“the Lancashire Cotton Famine”
name
- The personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French famine, itself from the root of Latin fames. Cognate with Spanish hambruna (“famine”).
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