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Definition of Thirst

1. Verb. Feel the need to drink.

2. Noun. A physiological need to drink.

3. Verb. Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for. "They thirst more bread"

4. Noun. Strong desire for something (not food or drink). ; "Hunger for affection"

Definition of Thirst

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.

3. v. t. To have a thirst for.

Definition of Thirst

1. 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. ¹

2. Noun. (qualifier figurative) A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; — usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold. ¹

3. Verb. To desire. ¹

4. Verb. To be thirsty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thirst

1. to feel a desire or need to drink [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Thirst

1. To have a thirst for. "He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood." (Prior) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirst

thirde thirded thirdhand thirding thirdings thirdly thirdness thirds thirdy thirl

thirlage thirlages thirled thirling thirls thirst (current term) thirst fever thirst for knowledge thirsted thirster

thirsters thirsteth thirstier thirstiest thirstily thirstiness thirstinesses thirsting thirstland thirstless

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