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Definition of Famine

1. Noun. An acute insufficiency.

2. Noun. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death.

Definition of Famine

1. n. General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.

Definition of Famine

1. Noun. extreme shortage of food in a region ¹

2. Noun. a period of extreme shortage of food in a region ¹

3. Noun. During times of '''famine''' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Famine

1. a widespread scarcity of food [n -S]

Medical Definition of Famine

1. General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. "Worn with famine." "There was a famine in the land." (Gen. Xxvi. 1) Famine fever, typhus fever. Origin: F. Famine, fr. L. Fames hunger; cf. Gr. Want, need, Skr. Hani loss, lack, ha to leave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Famine

family room family rooms family size family therapy family tree family trees family unit family values family way familyish

familyless familylessness familylike familymoon familymoons famine (current term) famine dropsy famine fever famine resistant faminelike

famines faming famish famished famishedly famishes famishing famishment famishments famisht

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