Famishes meaning : To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hunger. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. To force or constrain by famine. To die of hunger; to starve. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.