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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thirst \Thirst\ (th[~e]rst), noun [OE. thirst, [thorn]urst, AS. [thorn]urst, [thorn]yrst; akin to D. dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. [thorn]orsti, Sw. & Dan. t["o]rst, Goth. [thorn]a['u]rstei thirst, [thorn]a['u]rsus dry, withered, [thorn]a['u]rsie[thorn] mik I thirst, ga[thorn]a['i]rsan to wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. te'rsesqai to become dry, tesai'nein to dry up, Skr. t[.r]sh to thirst. [root]54. Cf. {Torrid}.]
1. 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.
Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, and our children . . . with thirst? --Ex. xvii. 3.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thirst \Thirst\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Thirsted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thirsting}.] [AS. [thorn]yrstan. See {Thirst}, noun]
1. 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. 3.
2. To have a vehement desire.
My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God. --Ps. xlii. 2.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thirst \Thirst\, verb (used with an object) To have a thirst for. [R.]
He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood. --Prior.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thirst
noun
1: a physiological need to drink
2: strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection" [syn: {hunger}]
verb
1: feel the need to drink
2: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn: {crave}, {hunger}, {starve}, {lust}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "thirst": ache, an universal wolf, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, aridity, aridness, avidity, be ravenous, canine appetite, corkiness, covet, coveting, crave, craving, desire, drink up, drought, dryness, eagerness, emptiness, empty stomach, enthusiasm, eye hungrily, fancy, feel hungry, hanker, hanker after, hankering, have a tapeworm, hollow hunger, hunger, hunger after, hunger for, hungriness, itch, itching, juicelessness, long for, longing, lust, lust after, lust for, mania, passion, pine, polydipsia, prurience, pruriency, raven, ravenousness, relish, saplessness, sexual desire, soak up, sponge up, starve, stomach, sweet tooth, tapeworm, taste, thirst for, thirstiness, torment of Tantalus, voraciousness, voracity, waterlessness, watertight integrity, watertightness, wish, wish for, yearn, yearn for, yearning, yen
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