Word Meanings - THIRST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. þorsti, Sw. & Dan. törst, Goth. þaúrstei thirst, þaúrsus dry, withered, þaúrsieþ mik I thirst, gaþaírsan to wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. te`rsesqai to become 1. A sensation of dryness in the throat

Additional info about word: THIRST

dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. þorsti, Sw. & Dan. törst, Goth. þaúrstei thirst, þaúrsus dry, withered, þaúrsieþ mik I thirst, gaþaírsan to wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. te`rsesqai to become 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of THIRST)

• Drought
• Dryness
• aridity
• parching
• thirst

Related words: (words related to THIRST)

• THIRSTILY
  In a thirsty manner.
• ARIDITY
  1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. 2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris.
• DROUGHTY
  1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray. 2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink. Thy droughty throat. Philips.
• THIRSTY
  1. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire. Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. Judges iv. 19. 2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched. A
• PARCHING
  Scorching; burning; drying. "Summer's parching heat." Shak. -- Parch"ing*ly, adv.
• PARCH
  1. To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn. Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. Lev. xxiii. 14. 2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched
• PARCHMENTIZE
  To convert to a parchmentlike substance, esp. by sulphuric acid.
• PARCHEESI
  See PACHISI
• THIRSTINESS
  The state of being thirsty; thirst.
• PARCHEDNESS
  The state of being parched.
• DRYNESS
  The state of being dry. See Dry.
• PARCHESI
  See PACHISI
• DROUGHTINESS
  A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.
• PARCHMENT
  pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where 1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum. But here's a
• THIRST
  dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. þorsti, Sw. & Dan. törst, Goth. þaúrstei thirst, þaúrsus dry, withered, þaúrsieþ mik I thirst, gaþaírsan to wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. te`rsesqai to become 1. A sensation of dryness in the throat
• THIRSTLE
  The throstle.
• THIRSTER
  One who thirsts.
• DROUGHT
  to dry. See Dry, and cf. Drouth, which shows the original final 1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. The drought of March hath pierced to
• TOPARCH
  The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy. The prince and toparch of that country. Fuller.
• EPARCH
  In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
• EPARCHY
  A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
• TOPARCHY
  A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies. Fuller.
• INTHIRST
  To make thirsty.
• PACHISI; PARCHESI; PARCHISI; PARCHEESI
  A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice.
• PACHISI; PARCHESI
  A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.
• UNPARCHED
  Dried up; withered by heat. "My tongue . . . unparched." Crashaw.