ROGET THESAURUS
famish
Parsimony
VB
be parsimonious, grudge, begrudge, stint, pinch, gripe, screw, dole out, hold back, withhold, starve,
famish, live upon nothing, skin a flint, drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain, cheapen, beat down, stop one hole in a sieve, have an itching palm, grasp, grab.
Fasting
VB
fast, starve, clem,
famish, perish with hunger, dine with Duke Humphrey, make two bites of a cherry.