THIRST
\θˈɜːst], \θˈɜːst], \θ_ˈɜː_s_t]\
Definitions of THIRST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
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To have a vehement desire.
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To have a thirst for.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
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To have a vehement desire.
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To have a thirst for.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The uneasiness caused by want of drink: vehement desire for drink: eager desire for anything.
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To feel thirst: to desire vehemently.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To have a thirst for; be thirsty; have eager desire.
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A sensation calling for relief by drinking; also, any eager desire or longing.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Desire for drink, especially for water.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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