Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Desiring to drink.
- adjective Arid; parched.
- adjective Craving something.
- adjective Very absorbent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Feeling thirst; suffering for want of drink.
- Dry; parched; arid.
- Vehemently desirous; craving: with after, for, etc.
- Sharp; eager; active.
- Causing thirst.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
- adjective Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Needing todrink . - adjective Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
- adjective
Craving something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
- adjective feeling a need or desire to drink
- adjective able to take in large quantities of moisture
- adjective needing moisture
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Examples
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He felt a jealous chagrin as he watched them follow her into the church, an anger that she dared to trample upon him that way, a fierce desire to get away and quaff the cup of admiration at the hand of some of his own friends, or to quaff some cup, _any_ cup, for he was thirsty, thirsty, _thirsty_, and this was a dry and barren land.
The City of Fire Grace Livingston Hill 1906
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That white stuff that accumulates at the corner of your mouth when you are really thirsty is smarter than you will ever be.
Think Progress » Obama explains climate science to global warming deniers. 2010
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And the second one: 'And I did as thou biddest, O master, whispering shrewd words in thirsty ears, and raising memories of the things that were of old time.
A HYPERBOREAN BREW 2010
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And the second one: 'And I did as thou biddest, O master, whispering shrewd words in thirsty ears, and raising memories of the things that were of old time.
A HYPERBOREAN BREW 2010
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It hurts him to see her drinking it, so painfully thirsty is she.
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It hurts him to see her drinking it, so painfully thirsty is she.
doris lessing | a hunger for books « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2007
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A very decent beer, for American tastes - more sweet than bitter, and not 'heavy' - that is, drinking when thirsty is imaginable as a pleasant experience.
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According to the Apostle's words all the hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in him, and he calls the thirsty to drink.
Whoever thirsts, let him come to me and drink his fill Argent 2006
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USATODAY. com - Devils remain thirsty for Cup champagne
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On our retreat the soldiers got very thirsty for tobacco (they always used the word thirsty), and they would sometimes come across an old field off which the tobacco had been cut and the suckers had re-sprouted from the old stalk, and would cut off these suckers and dry them by the fire and chew them.
"Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Sam R. Watkins
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