Usually means: Intense desire for consuming liquids.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word thirst:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. thirst: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. thirst: Merriam-Webster
  3. thirst: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. thirst: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. thirst: Collins English Dictionary
  6. thirst: Vocabulary.com
  7. Thirst, thirst: Wordnik
  8. thirst: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. thirst: Wiktionary
  10. thirst: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. thirst: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. thirst: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. thirst: Dictionary.com
  14. thirst (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. thirst: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. The Thirst (film), The Thirst, Thirst (Clock DVA album), Thirst (Randy Stonehill album), Thirst (Sebastian album), Thirst (Tankard album), Thirst (disambiguation), Thirst (film), Thirst: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Thirst: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. thirst: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. thirst: Rhymezone
  20. thirst: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. thirst: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. thirst: FreeDictionary.org
  23. thirst: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. thirst: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. thirst: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thirst: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thirst: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. thirst: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Thirst: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. thirst: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. thirst: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. thirst: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Thirst, the thirst: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See thirsted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  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 stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.
noun:  The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
noun:  (figuratively) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.
noun:  (figuratively) Sexual lust.
verb:  (intransitive) To be thirsty.
verb:  (intransitive, usually followed by "for") To desire vehemently.

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