noun / verb
thirst
THURST/θɜːrst/
A strong bodily need for drink.
Water from a bottle quenches the sweaty hiker's thirst.
Etymology
Old English þurst named the uncomfortable dryness associated with needing a drink. The selected meaning preserves this bodily sensation and the desire to relieve it.
In context
need water and salt to help regenerate the blood at its correct concentrations this could mean you might need a meal to go with your water to fully quench your thirst
More examples
- The salty meal leaves me with a terrible thirst.
- The hikers thirst for water after the long climb.
- A few sips of water ease her thirst.
Forms
thirst · thirsts · thirsted · thirsting
thirsty adjective — Feeling a bodily need for drink.
Similar words
- craving
- A strong desire that need not involve drinking.