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飢える

to starve; to be famished

飢え to starve; to be famished + る Plain nonpast
verb · present Rare #41,510
to starve; to be famished Often used figuratively to mean “to hunger for” something. The exact form 飢える is commonly seen in dictionary definitions or explanatory sentences; in ordinary sentences, it is often conjugated as 飢えている.
JA: 飢えるとは、食べ物がなくて非常に空腹になることだ。
EN: To starve means to become extremely hungry because there is no food.
Conjugation of 飢える
Present
飢える

飢えるより盗みをした方がましだ。

It’s better to steal than to starve.

我々は人が飢えるのを黙って見ていられない。

We can't just stand by and watch people starve.

飢えることがないし

And you never go hungry.

— 戦争と女の顔 (2019)