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    thirst
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    thirst1 /θɜːst $ θɜːrst/ noun
     Word Family: noun: thirst; adverb: thirstily; adjective: thirsty
     Language: Old English
     Origin: thurst
    1. [singular] the feeling of wanting or needing a drink ⇨ thirsty, hunger:
        Ice water is the only thing that really quenches my thirst (=gets rid of it).
        We had worked up a thirst (=done something that made us thirsty), and so we decided to stop for a beer.
        Maggie woke up with a raging thirst (=an extremely strong thirst).
    2. [uncountable] the state of not having enough to drink:
        Many of the animals had died of thirst.
    3. a thirst for knowledge/education/information etc literary a strong desire for knowledge etc:
        the thirst for knowledge in Renaissance Italy

    II
    thirst2 verb [intransitive] old use
    to be thirsty
         
    thirst for/after something phrasal verb literary
      to want something very much:
        young men thirsting for adventure