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thirst
[ thurst ]
noun
- a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- the physical condition resulting from this need, in any of various degrees:
They almost died of thirst.
- strong or eager desire; craving:
a thirst for knowledge.
verb (used without object)
- to feel thirst; be thirsty.
- to have a strong desire.
thirst
/ θɜːst /
noun
- a craving to drink, accompanied by a feeling of dryness in the mouth and throat
- an eager longing, craving, or yearning
a thirst for knowledge
verb
- intr to feel a thirst
to thirst for a drink
to thirst after righteousness
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Other Words From
- thirster noun
- un·thirsting adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thirst1
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Example Sentences
Petty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”
This spatial displacement reveals your thirst for freedom, your desire for openness and to break with the protest novel.
The hunger usually subsides quickly, but thirst sometimes causes serious pain.
In North Carolina, they let a 54-year-old untreated schizophrenic die of thirst after 35 days in solitary confinement.
In response, voters thought voting for Madison was inconsistent with their thirst for free booze.
It was he who first said, If thine enemy hunger give him food, if he thirst give him drink.
He just got a good holt–a shore enough diamond hitch–on that thirst-parlour dawg, and chawed.
The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst.
Some were already dying of thirst; others were too sick and weak to help in the care of the ship.
But this was but a passing phase, and soon the thirst for glory called the young soldier to sterner things.
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