thirst

[Thirst]

A physiological need to drink

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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.

Noun
strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection"

Noun
a physiological need to drink

Verb
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

Verb
feel the need to drink

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.

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

n.
To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.

n.
To have a vehement desire.

v. t.
To have a thirst for.

Thirst

Thirst , n. [OE. thirst, þurst, AS. þurst, þyrst; akin to D. dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. þorsti, Sw. & Dan. t'94rst, Goth. þa'a3rstei thirst, þa'a3rsus dry, withered, þa'a3rsieþ mik I thirst, gaþa'a1rsan to wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. te`rsesqai to become dry, tesai`nein to dry up, Skr. t&rsdot;sh to thirst. 'fb54. Cf. Torrid.] 1. 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.

Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, and our children . . . with thirst?

With thirst, with cold, with hunger so confounded.

2. Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold. "Thirst of worldy good." Fairfax. "The thirst I had of knowledge." Milton.

Thirst

Thirst, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thirsted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thirsting.] [AS. yrstan. See Thirst, n.] 1. To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.

The people thirsted there for water.

2. To have a vehement desire.

My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God.

Thirst

Thirst, v. t. To have a thirst for. [R.]

He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood.

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.

To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.

To have a thirst for.

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Usage Examples

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink.

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

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Other Usage Examples

In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge.

For sure, the 'Obamania' that's fast taking hold reflects an incredible thirst for change in global politics and, dare I say, a wave of optimism that things can be different.

God is waiting eagerly to respond with new strength to each little act of self-control, small disciplines of prayer, feeble searching after him. And his children shall be filled if they will only hunger and thirst after what he offers.

Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst.