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  • 41Thirst — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Durst – Die Epidemie Originaltitel: Thirst Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1998 Länge: ca. 90 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …

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  • 42thirst — n 1. thirstiness, Med. polydipsia; dryness, parchedness, dehydration, desiccation. 2. craving, strong desire, eagerness, avidity, lust, lustfulness; desirousness, appetency, appetite, hunger, ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness; rapacity, rapa… …

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  • 43thirst — A desire to drink associated with uncomfortable sensations in the mouth and pharynx. [A.S. thurst] false t. t. that is not satisfied by drinking or taking water; t. associated with a dry mouth but not with a bodily need for water. SYN:… …

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  • 44thirst — [OE] The etymological notion underlying the word thirst is of being ‘dry’. For it goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *trs, *tors ‘dry’, which also produced Latin torrēre ‘parch’ (source of English toast, torrid, etc). From this was… …

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  • 45thirst-aid station — n. a place to purchase liquor. (From first aid station.) □ Let’s stop at the next thirst aid station and get a snort. □ Wally stopped by the thirst aid station for a quick snort …

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  • 46thirst — [OE] The etymological notion underlying the word thirst is of being ‘dry’. For it goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *trs, *tors ‘dry’, which also produced Latin torrēre ‘parch’ (source of English toast, torrid, etc). From this was… …

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  • 47Thirst — Recorded as Trask, Traske, Thresk, Treske, Thirst, Thurske, and possibly others, this is an English locational surname. It originates from the town of Thirsk in North Yorkshire, famous now for the setting for the James Herriot animal stories, but …

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  • 48thirst — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dryness; craving, desire; dipsomania, thirstiness, parchedness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dryness, need for liquid, longing, craving; see appetite 1 , deSire . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n.… …

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  • 49thirst — θɜrst /θɜːst n. craving for water, thirstiness, dehydration; desire, yearning v. be thirsty, crave water; yearn, long for, desire …

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  • 50thirst — I. n. 1. Desire for drink. 2. Desire, longing, craving, hankering, yearning, appetite, hunger. 3. Dryness, drought, aridity. II. v. n. 1. Desire to drink. 2. Desire, long, crave, hanker, yearn …

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