famish

(verb) be hungry; go without food. Synonyms: starve, hunger. Example: "Let's eat--i'm starving!."

(verb) deprive of food. Synonyms: starve. Example: "They starved the prisoners."

(verb) die of food deprivation. Synonyms: starve. Examples: "The political prisoners starved to death." "Many famished in the countryside during the drought."