Thirst Synonyms & Definitions

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• ThirstDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
2. (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.
3. (n.) Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
4. (v. t.) To have a thirst for.
5. (n.) To have a vehement desire.

• ThirsterDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) One who thirsts.