thirst
thirst is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.With thirst, with cold, with hunger so confounded. Chaucer.
- 2.Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold. "Thirst of worldy good." Fairfax. "The thirst I had of knowledge." Milton.
- 3.To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink. The people thirsted there for water. Ex. xvii.
- 4.2. To have a vehement desire. My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God. Ps. xlii.
- 5.To have a thirst for. [R.] He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood. Prior.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is with thirst, with cold, with hunger so confounded. Chaucer called?
- What is to feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink. The people thirsted there for water. Ex. xvii called?
- What is 2. To have a vehement desire. My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God. Ps. xlii called?
- What is to have a thirst for. [R.] He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood. Prior called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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