Thirst

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat related to a need or desire to drink.
  • noun. The desire to drink.
  • noun. An insistent desire; a craving.
  • intransitive verb. To feel a need to drink.
  • intransitive verb. To have a strong craving; yearn.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A waterless region.
  • noun. A feeling of dryness in the mouth and throat; the uncomfortable sensations arising from the want of fluid nutriment; the uneasiness or suffering occasioned by want of drink; vehement desire for drink.
  • noun. Figuratively, an ardent desire for anything; a craving.
  • To experience uncomfortable sensations for want of drink; have desire to drink; be dry.
  • To have a vehement desire; crave.
  • To have a thirst for, literally or figuratively; desire ardently; crave: now usually followed by an infinitive as the object.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To have a thirst for.
  • noun. A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.
  • noun. Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after.
  • transitive verb. To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
  • transitive verb. To have a vehement desire.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.
  • noun. A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; — usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
  • verb. To desire.
  • verb. To be thirsty.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a physiological need to drink
  • noun. strong desire for something (not food or drink)
  • verb. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
  • verb. feel the need to drink
  • cross-reference
    greedy  hunger  
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    ache  desire  hurt  smart  want  
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    ache  appetite  crave  curiosity  desire  
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