THIRST


Meaning of THIRST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ θɜ:(r)st ]

( thirsts, thirsting, thirsted)

1.

Thirst is the feeling that you need to drink something.

Instead of tea or coffee, drink water to quench your thirst...

I had such a thirst.

N-VAR

2.

Thirst is the condition of not having enough to drink.

They died of thirst on the voyage.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

A thirst for something is a very strong desire for that thing.

Children show a real thirst for learning.

= hunger

N-SING : usu N for n

4.

If you say that someone thirsts for something, you mean that they have a strong desire for it. ( LITERARY )

We all thirst for the same things.

= hunger

VERB : V for/after n

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