Look up: famine

1. famine
   a catastrophic food shortage affecting large numbers of people; it may be due to poor harvests following drought, floods, earthquake, war, social conflict, etc.; -DDMG Category: Management in the public and private sector
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2. Famine
   Fam'ine noun [ French famine , from Latin fames hunger; confer Greek ............... want, need, Sanskrit hāni loss, lack, hā to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. 'Worn ...
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3. famine
   General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. 'Worn with famine.' 'There was a famine in the land.' (Gen. Xxvi. ... <medicine> 1) Famine fever, typhus fever. ... Origin: F. Famine, fr. L. Fames hunger; cf. Gr. Want, need, Skr. Hani loss, lack, ha to leave. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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4. famine
   noun a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
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5. Famine
   • (n.) General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.
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6. famine
   (from the article `Angola`) ...900 percent in 1994 and more than 2,500 percent the following year. Food production reached such low levels that food was either imported or ... ...farmers who form the backbone of Ethiopian agriculture became reluctant to risk producing surplus foods for market. Food shortages, already made ... ...In o...
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7. famine
   Severe shortage of food affecting a large number of people. A report made by the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), published in October 1999, showed that although the number of people in the developing world without sufficient food declined by 40 million during the first h...
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8. Famine
   A `famine` is a widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any faunal species. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. Emergency measures in relieving famine primarily include providing deficient micronutrients, s...
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9. Famine
   (comics) `Famine` (`Autumn Rolfson`) is a fictional character, a Mutant supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. She is most notable for being one of the original four horsemen of the villain Apocalypse. Fictional character biography: Autumn Rolfson was a young, spoiled anorexic ...
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10. Famine
    (album) Name = Paolo Rodriguez | Type = studio | Artist = Graves of Valor | Cover = | Released = September 11th 2007 | Recorded = 2007 | Genre = Death Metal| Length = 24:07 | Label = Tragic Hero Records | Reviews = *4.5--> http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=21112 `Famine` is the fi...
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