STAVING Synonyms

• extremely hungry

• (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous

• devouring or craving food in great quantities

• extremely hungry

• feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

• (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous

• not being provided with adequate nourishment

• somewhat hungry

• easily irritated or annoyed

• extremely hungry

• devouring or craving food in great quantities

• the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

• suffering from lack of food

• feeling a need or desire to drink

• needing moisture

• (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous

• able to take in large quantities of moisture

• without an occupant or incumbent

• devoid of intelligence or thought

• excessively greedy and grasping

• devouring or craving food in great quantities

• be hungry; go without food

• deprive of food

• die of food deprivation

• the act of slowing down or falling behind

• the time between one event, process, or period and another

• one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

• throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

• cover with lagging to prevent heat loss

• having the shape or form of a circle

• a charge of ammunition for a single shot

• an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

• a regular route for a sentry or policeman

• (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)

• the activity of playing 18 holes of golf

• the usual activities in your day

• (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive

• the course along which communications spread

• a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)

• a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg

• a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time

• an outburst of applause

• a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

• any circular or rotating mechanism

• from beginning to end; throughout

• (of sounds) full and rich

• (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand

• wind around; move along a circular course

• make round

• pronounce with rounded lips

• attack in speech or writing

• bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

• express as a round number

• become round, plump, or shapely

• a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

• one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

• personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

• a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose

• the body of teachers and administrators at a school

• building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

• a rod carried as a symbol

• (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

• provide with staff

• serve on the staff of

• break in the staves (of)

• burst or force (a hole) into something