The Clue
Overdo the diet (6 letter answer)
The Answer
STARVE
Tags
Notes
The answer STARVE is uncommon, appearing about once every 500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Deprive of
"... ___ a fever"
Need, with "for"
Yearn (for)
Antithesis of surfeit
Deprive of food
Deprive of sustenance
Excessively fast
Give nothing to
Go hungry
Lack sustenance
Make fast
Overdo a diet
Yearn strongly for
Go on a hunger strike
Go without food
Go without input
More than fast
Suffer acute deprivation
Suffer a certain deprivation
Suffer from extreme hunger
What a desperate dieter may do
Definition
STARVE as a verb:
1. (starve, hunger, famish) = be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
2. (starve, famish) = die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
3. (starve, famish) = deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
4. (crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust) = have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
5. deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"