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