famine
21famine — n. 1) famine strikes ( famine struck several provinces) 2) widespread famine * * * [ fæmɪn] widespread famine faminestrikes (famine struck several provinces) …
22famine — Prolonged starvation, of which the danger and horrors are often mentioned in the OT; it was one of the four acts of God s judgement in Ezek. (5:16) and it is one of the curses which God will send on the nation for disobedience (Deut. 28:48). The… …
23famine — fam|ine [ˈfæmın] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin fames hungry condition ] a situation in which a large number of people have little or no food for a long time and many people die ▪ the great potato famine in Ireland… …
24famine — [14] Both famine and famish [14] come ultimately from Latin famēs ‘hunger’. Its Vulgar Latin derivative *faminis produced Old French famine, source of English famine. Famish has come via a more circuitous route: another Vulgar Latin derivative of …
25famine — [[t]fæ̱mɪn[/t]] famines N VAR Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die. Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine... The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine …
26famine — [14] Both famine and famish [14] come ultimately from Latin famēs ‘hunger’. Its Vulgar Latin derivative *faminis produced Old French famine, source of English famine. Famish has come via a more circuitous route: another Vulgar Latin derivative of …
27famine — noun a) 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. b) a period of extreme shortage of food in a region The… …
28Famine — The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to Gerar (Gen. 26:1, 17). But the most… …
29famine — noun 1) a nation threatened by famine Syn: food shortage, hunger, starvation, malnutrition 2) the cotton famine Syn: shortage, scarcity, lack, dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, sho …
30famine */ — UK [ˈfæmɪn] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms famine : singular famine plural famines a serious lack of food that continues for a long time and causes many people in a country to become ill or die …
