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n.
One who thirsts.
v. t.
To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
n.
A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.
v. t.
To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc.
n.
Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
n.
To have a vehement desire.
n.
To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
v. t.
To have a thirst for.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Thirst
n.
Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
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.
a.
To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
n.
The throstle.
a.
Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime.
n.
A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with low specific gravity and without the presence of either albumin or sugar. It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst.
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.
The state of being thirsty; thirst.
imp. & p. p.
of Thirst
adv.
In a thirsty manner.
n.
A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them.
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