Famine

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Extreme shortage of food in a region.

   “Dr. Bhatia pointed out that famine had occurred in all ages and in all societies where means of communication and transport were not developed.”

2. isim A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.

   “1986, United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa The root causes of the current famine are known: poverty, low health standards....”

3. isim Starvation or malnutrition.

   “His own flesh, however, which he lost by famine, shall be restored to him by Him who can recover even what has evaporated.”

4. isim Severe shortage or lack of something.

   “the Lancashire Cotton Famine”

5. özel isim The personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.