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What does the word thirst mean?

A drive stemming from a physiological need for water.
A craving for water or other beverage; a visceral sensation, produced by loss of water from the organism, and representing the demand of the system for the replacement of the loss.

Usage examples for thirst

All the night before, all this morning, he had fought a fierce battle with his past- with a raging thirst. – The Right of Way, Volume 3. by Gilbert Parker
It had travelled all of two nights across the Thirst, and was glad to get there. – African Camp Fires by Stewart Edward White
While she talked Laura examined her, with a child's thirst for detail. – The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson

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What does the word thirst mean?

Usage examples for thirst