noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
appetite...voracious
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Her appetite for information was voracious .
healthy appetites (= they like to eat a lot )
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All of our kids have healthy appetites .
insatiable appetite/desire/demand etc (for sth)
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his insatiable appetite for power
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our insatiable thirst for knowledge
loss of appetite
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a disease which causes fever and a loss of appetite
satisfy sb's appetite/hunger
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They don't get enough food to satisfy their appetite.
voracious appetites
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Kids can have voracious appetites .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
healthy
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The chicks need round the clock attention, and have developed very healthy appetites .
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A high-powered grill that has a healthy appetite for the biggest brunch.
insatiable
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Their observations concerning the insatiable appetite for immediate team success from the age of eight are so relevant.
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The underlying problem is the insatiable appetite of modern political campaigns for ever more cash.
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I've started reading your column in the Sunday Express but that won't satisfy my insatiable appetite for your peerless wit.
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The government is not some sinister monster gobbling up taxpayers' money simply to satisfy its own insatiable appetite .
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As one would expect of two old pros with an insatiable appetite for the game, we hardly stopped talking about football.
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She named him Albert, and gave him an insatiable appetite for ropes.
voracious
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The late James Currie had in common with all comedians a voracious appetite for new material.
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He has a voracious appetite for knowledge about what is happening around every corner in New York City.
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The socialists were not alone at the banquet of graft, but they had a particularly voracious appetite .
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A voracious appetite , omnivorous, suitable for a bear.
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Children have voracious appetites for authenticity, but in drama we should never intimidate them with factual information.
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Walburga once suppressed the voracious appetite of a child by having her consume three ears of grain.
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Joe, for example, had a voracious appetite .
■ NOUN
suppressants
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There are no drugs or appetite suppressants in the pack.
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A big rainbow-colored sign lists several prescription appetite suppressants , vitamins, and minerals.
■ VERB
feed
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Seaside entrepreneurs had been feeding this appetite , building this market, for several generations already.
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Bookstores are feeding the new appetite as publishers bake up hot loaves of fresh poetry collections.
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The result was a mutually-degrading spectacle that fed our appetite for making others look stupid.
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But this was not the only series that fed on viewers' appetite for nostalgic programming.
increase
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When stressed, we release cortisone into the body and this increases the appetite .
lose
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The animals lose their appetites and become lame.
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Blast! he thought, completely losing his appetite .
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A few of us lost our appetites .
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They got only about half way through the wiring before losing their appetite .
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But the animals would lose their appetite and lose weight, and so would be worth less.
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He lost his appetite for a girlfriend two seasons ago when she refused to share a piece of pie with him.
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Many people, particularly night-workers, feel that they lose their appetite in the middle of the night.
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Zanoyan believes banks may have lost their appetite for government debt.
satisfy
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Nestled within these bleak volcanic highlands are fertile valleys filled with game plentiful enough to satisfy even the appetites of dragons.
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The government is not some sinister monster gobbling up taxpayers' money simply to satisfy its own insatiable appetite .
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However, it will be unlikely that you could produce enough to satisfy the appetites of the Tangs on a continuous basis.
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First, there was the clear risk that particularization would feed rather than satisfy the appetite for further self-determination.
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Flake will not satisfy the appetite or requirements of a 10in Oscar.
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Obviously this would have some realistic effect in satisfying the appetite .
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These are designed to whet rather than satisfy the appetite - but short bibliographies help would-be students to delve further.
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I've started reading your column in the Sunday Express but that won't satisfy my insatiable appetite for your peerless wit.
whet
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To whet your appetite , try the Wanaka lamb in orange sauce recipe on this page.
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Undergraduates will certainly find some interesting material, and researchers will also find enough examples to whet their appetite .
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If that's not enough to whet your appetite , we've 100 £4 entrance tickets to give away free!
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Martin's potted history of each railway is certainly sufficiently detailed to whet the appetite enough to free buttocks from armchair Dralon.
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Most of the notorious grade anomalies have been ironed out and the colour photos should whet people's appetites .
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Any departure from it would be more likely to whet appetites than to satisfy them.
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To whet your appetite , here are some of the most commonly asked questions about fine vintage wines.
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After a quick outline of what each type of program lets you do, I list some uses to whet your appetite .
whetted
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I hadn't really grasped what they were talking about, but my two successes in Madrid had whetted my appetite .
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I swallowed the last bite of the roll, but it merely whetted my appetite .
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In Seoul, the secret meeting with Kim whetted the appetite of those few who were aware of it.
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The behaviour whetted Ken's own appetite .
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That glimpse he had had of Capri with Dickie had only whetted his appetite .
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Glimpses of the West whetted appetites and fuelled discontent at home.
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Those invigorating tramps across the springy heather merely whetted my appetite for more.
work
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We went steaming first to work up an appetite .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
appetite/cough/pain etc suppressant
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It was designed for use as an appetite suppressant , to be taken along with a certain pill.
whet sb's appetite (for sth)
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To whet your appetite for a trip to Santa Fe, here is a list of our favorite sights.
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After a quick outline of what each type of program lets you do, I list some uses to whet your appetite.
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If that's not enough to whet your appetite, we've 100 £4 entrance tickets to give away free!
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Martin's potted history of each railway is certainly sufficiently detailed to whet the appetite enough to free buttocks from armchair Dralon.
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Most of the notorious grade anomalies have been ironed out and the colour photos should whet people's appetites.
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Rhys Williams was very convincing and his books did much to whet my appetite to visit the vast Soviet empire.
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To whet your appetite, here are some of the most commonly asked questions about fine vintage wines.
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To whet your appetite, try the Wanaka lamb in orange sauce recipe on this page.
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Undergraduates will certainly find some interesting material, and researchers will also find enough examples to whet their appetite.
work up an appetite/a thirst/a sweat
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't eat any cake now. You'll spoil your appetite .
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He has a tremendous appetite for hard work.
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How's his appetite ? Is he getting enough to eat?
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She must be growing; she's got a big appetite right now.
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The dangers of the climb up Mt. Washington only whetted our appetite for more adventure.
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The public has an insatiable appetite for scandal and political controversy.
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Thompson claimed he had an insatiable sexual appetite .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even when Emma had gone her appetite had not slackened.
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Gao Yang knew it belonged to him, but he had no appetite .
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His appetite was enormous, but he never seemed to put on an ounce of weight.
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The Rockefeller episode vividly demonstrates the Republican appetite for strife.
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These transmitters modulate many of the functions impaired by depression - sleep, appetite , motivation, pleasure and so on.