Definition of famishing:
(v) :
(intransitive) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to nearly perish.
(v) :
(intransitive) To die of hunger; to starve to death.
(v) :
(transitive) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.
(v) :
(transitive) To kill, or to cause great suffering to, by depriving or denying anything necessary.
(v) :
(intransitive) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
(v) :
(transitive) To force, control, or constrain by famine.