Word: famished
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: fam
ished
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of famish; be hungry; go without food
Morphemes:
Affix: famish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: afamer
Language: fro
Decoded: afamer
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to starve; to deprive of nourishment
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.