Definition of thirst

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Thirst (n.) Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold..

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Sanguinary :: Sanguinary (a.) Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
After :: After (prep.) Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness..
Thirst :: Thirst (n.) To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink..
Thirst :: Thirst (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..
Adipsous :: Adipsous (a.) Quenching thirst, as certain fruits..
Thirsted :: Thirsted (imp. & p. p.) of Thirs.
Blood :: Blood (n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
Water-white :: Water-white (n.) A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst..
Thirstiness :: Thirstiness (n.) The state of being thirsty; thirst.
Polydipsia :: Polydipsia (n.) Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease.
Inthirst :: Inthirst (v. t.) To make thirsty.
Famish :: Famish (v. i.) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish..
Adry :: Adry (a.) In a dry or thirsty condition.
Thirster :: Thirster (n.) One who thirsts.
Poluria :: Poluria (n.) A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with low specific gravity and without the presence of either albumin or sugar. It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst..
Drink :: Drink (v. i.) To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring..
Thirst :: Thirst (v. t.) To have a thirst for.
Dry :: Dry (superl.) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
Dipsosis :: Dipsosis (n.) Excessive thirst produced by disease.
Incorruptible :: Incorruptible (n.) One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the reign of the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, pain, only in appearance..
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