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THIRST
hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness
(noun) strong desire for something (not food or drink); “a thirst for knowledge”; “hunger for affection”
thirst, thirstiness
(noun) a physiological need to drink
crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust
(verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
thirst
(verb) feel the need to drink
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thirst (countable and uncountable, plural thirsts)
A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which spots the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane
The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
(figuratively) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.
(slang) sexual lust
Synonyms
• (figuratively): craving, longing
Verb
thirst (third-person singular simple present thirsts, present participle thirsting, simple past and past participle thirsted)
(intransitive) To be thirsty.
(intransitive, usually followed by "for") To desire vehemently.
Anagrams
• T-shirt, t-shirt, thrist
Source: Wiktionary
Thirst, n. Etym: [OE. thirst, þurst, AS. þurst, þyrst; akin to D. dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. þorsti, Sw. & Dan. törst, Goth. þaúrstei thirst, þaúrsus dry, withered, þaúrsieþ mik I thirst, gaþaírsan to wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. te`rsesqai to become dry, tesai`nein to dry up, Skr. trssh to thirst. *54. Cf. Torrid.]
1. 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. Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, and our children . . . with thirst Ex. xvii. 3. With thirst, with cold, with hunger so confounded. Chaucer.
2. Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold. "Thirst of worldy good." Fairfax. "The thirst I had of knowledge." Milton.
Thirst, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thirsted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thirsting.] Etym: [AS. . See Thirst, n.]
1. To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink. The people thirsted there for water. Ex. xvii. 3.
2. To have a vehement desire. My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God. Ps. xlii. 2.
Thirst, v. t.
Definition: To have a thirst for. [R.] He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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