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thirst
English
Etymology
From Middle English thirst, thurst, from Old English þurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Germanic cognates include Old High German thurst, Middle High German durst, German Durst, Old Saxon thurst, Old Dutch thursti, Middle Dutch dorst, dorste, Dutch dorst, Old Norse þorsti (Swedish törst, Icelandic þorsti, Danish tørst, Norwegian tørst). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ???????? (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit ?????? (t????, “desire; thirst”), Sanskrit ??????? (t???yati), Latin terra.
Pronunciation
- enPR: thûrst
- (UK) IPA(key): /???st/
- (US) IPA(key): /??st/
- Rhymes: -??(?)st
Noun
thirst (countable and uncountable, plural thirsts)
- A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which spots the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane
- The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- "We haven't one chance for life in a hundred thousand if we don't find food and water upon Caprona. This water coming out of the cliff is not salt; but neither is it fit to drink, though each of us has drunk. It is fair to assume that inland the river is fed by pure streams, that there are fruits and herbs and game. Shall we lie out here and die of thirst and starvation with a land of plenty possibly only a few hundred yards away? We have the means for navigating a subterranean river. Are we too cowardly to utilize this means?"
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- (figuratively) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.
- a thirst for gold
- (slang) sexual lust
Synonyms
- (figuratively): craving, longing
Derived terms
- bloodthirst
- thirst-quenching
- thirsty
Translations
See also
- hunger
Verb
thirst (third-person singular simple present thirsts, present participle thirsting, simple past and past participle thirsted)
- (intransitive) To be thirsty.
- The people thirsted there for water.
- (intransitive, usually followed by "for") To desire vehemently.
- My soul thirsteth for […] the living God.
- Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.
Translations
Further reading
- thirst in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- thirst in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- T-shirt, t-shirt, thrist
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aching
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?.k??/
- Rhymes: -e?k??
Verb
aching
- present participle of ache
Adjective
aching (comparative more aching, superlative most aching)
- That aches; continuously painful.
Translations
Derived terms
- achingly
Noun
aching (plural achings)
- The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
Anagrams
- Changi, Chiang, I-ch'ang, Ichang
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