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- DictionaryThirst/THərst/
noun
- 1. a feeling of needing or wanting to drink something: "they quenched their thirst with spring water"
verb
- 1. (of a person or animal) feel a need to drink something. archaic
The meaning of THIRST is a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat associated with a desire for liquids; also : the bodily condition (as of dehydration) that induces this sensation. How to use thirst in a sentence.
noun. uk / θɜːst / us / θɝːst / thirst noun (NEED FOR DRINK) Add to word list. B2 [ S or U ] a need for something to drink: Hundreds of refugees collapsed from hunger and thirst. I woke up with a pounding headache and a raging (= extreme) thirst. UK I've got a terrible thirst after all that running. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun [ U ] us / θɜrst /. Add to word list. Add to word list. the need or desire to drink something, esp. water: He took a long drink of water to quench his thirst. A thirst is also a strong desire for something: She slaked her thirst for knowledge by reading everything she could.
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.
noun. 1. the uncomfortable or distressful feeling caused by a desire or need for water and characterized generally by a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat. 2. Informal. a craving for a specific liquid, esp. for alcoholic liquor. 3. any strong desire; craving. a thirst for fame.
Thirst is the sensation of needing or wanting to drink something. Use the same word whether you're talking about your thirst for lemonade on a hot day or the dire thirst of someone lost in a desert without water.
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