飢える

うえる · also かつえる

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love)

JLPT N2 common word Also written 餓える、饑える

Meaning

v1vi
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry
v1vi
to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

Example sentences

彼は親切に飢えている。

He has a hunger for kindness after fame.
彼は飢えた者に食を与えた。

He furnished food to the hungry.
彼は餓えたものに食物を供給した。

He furnished the hungry with food.