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21thirst — 1 noun 1 (singular) the feeling of wanting or needing a drink: quench your thirst (=get rid of your thirst by drinking something): a thirst quenching drink | work up a thirst (=do work or exercise that makes you thirsty): I really worked up a… …
22thirst — thirst1 [ θɜrst ] noun 1. ) singular the feeling that you are thirsty: quench your thirst (=drink until you are no longer thirsty): She drank and drank but couldn t quench her thirst. 2. ) uncount the state of not having enough to drink:… …
23thirst — I UK [θɜː(r)st] / US [θɜrst] noun 1) [singular] the feeling that you are thirsty quench your thirst (= drink until you are no longer thirsty): She drank and drank but couldn t quench her thirst. 2) [uncountable] the state of not having enough to… …
24thirst — 1. noun a) 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… …
25thirst — noun 1 desire to drink ADJECTIVE ▪ great, intense, raging, terrible, unquenchable VERB + THIRST ▪ quench, slake (literary) …
26thirst — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thurst; akin to Old High German durst thirst, Latin torrēre to dry, parch, Old Irish tart dryness, thirst, Greek tersesthai to become dry Date: before 12th century 1. a. a sensation of dryness… …
27thirst — [[t]θɜrst[/t]] n. 1) phl a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid 2) phl a need for liquid or moisture 3) eager desire; craving: a thirst for knowledge[/ex] 4) to feel thirst; be thirsty 5) to have a strong desire • …
28thirst — noun 1》 a feeling of needing or wanting to drink. ↘lack of the liquid needed to sustain life. 2》 (thirst for) a strong desire for. verb 1》 (thirst for/after) have a strong desire for. 2》 archaic feel a need to drink. Origin OE thurst (n.),… …
29thirst — 1. noun 1) I need a drink I m dying of thirst Syn: thirstiness, dryness; dehydration 2) his thirst for knowledge Syn: craving, desire, longing, yearning, hunger, hankering, keenness, eagerness …
30thirst — thirster, n. /therrst/, n. 1. a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid. 2. the physical condition resulting from this need, in any of various degrees: They almost died of thirst. 3. strong or eager desire; craving:… …
