Object

• man: In this instance the fowl and ham and the ale were a feast in the mouth of a famishing man.

• people: Abu ' Obeida brought 4000 beasts of burden laden with corn from Syria, which he 154 distributed himself among the famished people.

• wolf: The famished wolf went crazy, burrowing, Munching, slurping deep into the horse Till only its rump was showing.

• road: The famished road celebrates the African way of seeing the world.

Modifying Another Word

• so: My neighbor asked me if I had been out building something, to get so famished.

• half: Having then reached my normal state, I discovered that I was half famished with hunger.

• absolutely: About mid-day we were absolutely famished again, and an S.O.S. was sent to H.Q. for sandwiches and hot drinks.