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famine

[ fam-in ]

noun

  1. extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
  2. any extreme and general scarcity.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  3. extreme hunger; starvation.


famine

/ 藞蹿忙尘瑟苍 /

noun

  1. a severe shortage of food, as through crop failure or overpopulation
  2. acute shortage of anything
  3. violent hunger
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of famine1

First recorded in 1325鈥75; Middle English, from Middle French, derivative of faim 鈥渉unger,鈥 from Latin 蹿补尘脓蝉; famish
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of famine1

C14: from Old French, via Vulgar Latin, from Latin 蹿补尘脓蝉 hunger
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Idioms and Phrases

see feast or famine .
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Example Sentences

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In 1958, Mao Zedong鈥檚 鈥淕reat Leap Forward鈥 pushed to radically increase 鈥渆fficiency鈥 in agriculture while modernizing Chinese society, producing the worst famine in human history.

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鈥淎 famine of beauty, honey. My eyes are starving for beauty!鈥

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The UN has warned of famine in the city, something that has already happened at the nearby Zamzam camp, which is home to more than 500,000 displaced people.

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India, for centuries, was wracked by famines and chronic food shortages, leaving generations to survive on meagre nutrition.

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Agency for International Development, Trump鈥檚 administration is denying financial support for life-saving medical interventions and access to clean water, food and shelter in countries ravaged by war, famine and natural disasters.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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