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thirst
thirst is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 9 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
- 3noun
To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
- 4noun
To have a vehement desire.
- 5transitive verb
To have a thirst for.
- 6noun
strong desire for something (not food or drink)
"a thirst for knowledge"
"hunger for affection"
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- 7noun
a physiological need to drink
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- 8verb
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- 9verb
feel the need to drink
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