thirst
21thirst — I UK [θɜː(r)st] / US [θɜrst] noun 1) [singular] the feeling that you are thirsty quench your thirst (= drink until you are no longer thirsty): She drank and drank but couldn t quench her thirst. 2) [uncountable] the state of not having enough to… …
22thirst — noun 1 desire to drink ADJECTIVE ▪ great, intense, raging, terrible, unquenchable VERB + THIRST ▪ quench, slake (literary) …
23thirst — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thurst; akin to Old High German durst thirst, Latin torrēre to dry, parch, Old Irish tart dryness, thirst, Greek tersesthai to become dry Date: before 12th century 1. a. a sensation of dryness… …
24Thirst — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Durst – Die Epidemie Originaltitel: Thirst Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1998 Länge: ca. 90 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …
25thirst — 1. noun a) 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… …
26thirst — {{11}}thirst (n.) O.E. þurst, from W.Gmc. *thurstus (Cf. O.S. thurst, Fris. torst, Du. dorst, O.H.G., Ger. durst), from P.Gmc. *thurs , from PIE root *ters dry (see TERRAIN (Cf. terrain)). Figurative sense of vehement desire is attested from… …
27thirst — thirster, n. /therrst/, n. 1. a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid. 2. the physical condition resulting from this need, in any of various degrees: They almost died of thirst. 3. strong or eager desire; craving:… …
28thirst — [[t]θɜrst[/t]] n. 1) phl a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid 2) phl a need for liquid or moisture 3) eager desire; craving: a thirst for knowledge[/ex] 4) to feel thirst; be thirsty 5) to have a strong desire • …
29thirst — [OE] The etymological notion underlying the word thirst is of being ‘dry’. For it goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *trs, *tors ‘dry’, which also produced Latin torrēre ‘parch’ (source of English toast, torrid, etc). From this was… …
30thirst — noun 1》 a feeling of needing or wanting to drink. ↘lack of the liquid needed to sustain life. 2》 (thirst for) a strong desire for. verb 1》 (thirst for/after) have a strong desire for. 2》 archaic feel a need to drink. Origin OE thurst (n.),… …
