English words for 'With thirst or avidity.'
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verb
- drink greedily or as if with great thirst
- To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.
- (by extension) To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst; often said of gas-powered vehicles.
- (rare) To flow copiously; to spray out.
noun
prefix
noun
adj
- feeling a need or desire to drink
- (informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
- (slang, figurative) Craving or desiring sex.
- Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
- (figurative) Craving something immaterial.
- (euphemistic) Craving alcohol; especially, experiencing some alcohol withdrawal.
- able to take in large quantities of moisture
- needing moisture
- (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous
verb
noun
- The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
- strong desire for something (not food or drink)
- (figuratively) Sexual lust.
- 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.
- (figuratively) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.
- a physiological need to drink
suffix
verb
- (transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
- satisfy (thirst)
- (transitive, physics) To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
- (transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
- (transitive, physics) To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state.
- (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- suppress or crush completely
- suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
- reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
- cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
- have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- deprive of food
- be hungry; go without food
- die of food deprivation
- deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
- (transitive) To force a combatant to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in a targeted siege.
- (intransitive) To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
- (intransitive) To be very hungry.
- (transitive) To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
- (transitive) To make suffer severely by depriving of food.
- (intransitive) To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating.
- (transitive, British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold.
- (transitive) To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
- (intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
adj
verb
noun
adj
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
verb
verb
- satisfy (thirst)
- (transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
- make less active or intense
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
- (transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
- (transitive) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
- (transitive, Scotland) To besmear.
- (intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
noun
verb
- To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
- (nautical) To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line.
- to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
- strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
noun
noun
verb
verb
- Originally followed by with: to experience great hunger; to be ravenous.
- Followed by about, after, or for: to go after or seek for something, especially booty or spoils; to maraud, to plunder; also (generally), to move about wildly and cause damage; to rampage.
- To eat greedily; also, followed by on or upon: of an animal: to prey on.
- (figurative) To absorb or take in (something, such as information) greedily; also, to approach or pounce on (someone) like prey.
- (figurative) To take and exploit or make use of greedily.
- (figurative) Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a strong craving or desire for, or to do, something; to crave, to desire, to yearn.
- Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a ravenous appetite or craving for food or prey.
- Sometimes followed by about or on: to move about searching for food or prey ravenously.
- prey on or hunt for
- obtain or seize by violence
- eat greedily
- feed greedily
adj
noun
- (uncountable) A jet-black, often glossy, colour, like that of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (countable) Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
- (historical, countable) A flag bearing a raven (etymology 1 sense 1), formerly used by some Viking leaders
- (uncountable, metonymic) preceded by the: Viking military power.
- (chiefly fiction, countable) A person, especially a man, with black hair.
- Alternative spelling of ravin.
- large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
noun
- A strong habitual desire or fancy.
- A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.
- (ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
- state of violent mental agitation
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- a fine crack in a glaze or other surface
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess.
- (transitive) To wash (something) by flooding with water.
- (transitive) To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion.
- (transitive) To feed swill to (pigs).
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To move around or over a surface.
- drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
- feed pigs
noun
- (informal) Inexpensive beer or alcohol.
- (informal) A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
- (collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
- (by extension, figurative) Anything disgusting or worthless.
- (by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.
- (ultimate frisbee) A badly-thrown pass.
- wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
noun
- an abnormally strong craving
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to their creditor); a surrender to a master
- A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
- A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
- (medicine) A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
- The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
noun
adj
- feeling a need or desire to drink
- (informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
- (slang, figurative) Craving or desiring sex.
- Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
- (figurative) Craving something immaterial.
- (euphemistic) Craving alcohol; especially, experiencing some alcohol withdrawal.
- able to take in large quantities of moisture
- needing moisture
- (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous
verb
noun
- The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
- strong desire for something (not food or drink)
- (figuratively) Sexual lust.
- 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.
- (figuratively) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.
- a physiological need to drink
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
- A strong habitual desire or fancy.
- A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.
- (ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
- state of violent mental agitation
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- a fine crack in a glaze or other surface
verb
noun
noun
- an abnormally strong craving
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to their creditor); a surrender to a master
- A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
- A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
- (medicine) A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
- The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
verb
- drink greedily or as if with great thirst
- To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.
- (by extension) To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst; often said of gas-powered vehicles.
- (rare) To flow copiously; to spray out.
noun
verb
noun
- The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
- strong desire for something (not food or drink)
- (figuratively) Sexual lust.
- 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.
- (figuratively) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.
- a physiological need to drink
verb
- (transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
- satisfy (thirst)
- (transitive, physics) To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
- (transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
- (transitive, physics) To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state.
- (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- suppress or crush completely
- suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
- reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
- cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
- have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- deprive of food
- be hungry; go without food
- die of food deprivation
- deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
- (transitive) To force a combatant to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in a targeted siege.
- (intransitive) To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
- (intransitive) To be very hungry.
- (transitive) To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
- (transitive) To make suffer severely by depriving of food.
- (intransitive) To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating.
- (transitive, British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold.
- (transitive) To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
- (intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
verb
noun
verb
- satisfy (thirst)
- (transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
- make less active or intense
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
- (transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
- (transitive) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
- (transitive, Scotland) To besmear.
- (intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
noun
verb
- To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
- (nautical) To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line.
- to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
- strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
noun
verb
- Originally followed by with: to experience great hunger; to be ravenous.
- Followed by about, after, or for: to go after or seek for something, especially booty or spoils; to maraud, to plunder; also (generally), to move about wildly and cause damage; to rampage.
- To eat greedily; also, followed by on or upon: of an animal: to prey on.
- (figurative) To absorb or take in (something, such as information) greedily; also, to approach or pounce on (someone) like prey.
- (figurative) To take and exploit or make use of greedily.
- (figurative) Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a strong craving or desire for, or to do, something; to crave, to desire, to yearn.
- Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a ravenous appetite or craving for food or prey.
- Sometimes followed by about or on: to move about searching for food or prey ravenously.
- prey on or hunt for
- obtain or seize by violence
- eat greedily
- feed greedily
adj
noun
- (uncountable) A jet-black, often glossy, colour, like that of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (countable) Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
- (historical, countable) A flag bearing a raven (etymology 1 sense 1), formerly used by some Viking leaders
- (uncountable, metonymic) preceded by the: Viking military power.
- (chiefly fiction, countable) A person, especially a man, with black hair.
- Alternative spelling of ravin.
- large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
verb
- (transitive) To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess.
- (transitive) To wash (something) by flooding with water.
- (transitive) To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion.
- (transitive) To feed swill to (pigs).
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To move around or over a surface.
- drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
- feed pigs
noun
- (informal) Inexpensive beer or alcohol.
- (informal) A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
- (collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
- (by extension, figurative) Anything disgusting or worthless.
- (by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.
- (ultimate frisbee) A badly-thrown pass.
- wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
adj
noun
adj
- feeling a need or desire to drink
- (informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
- (slang, figurative) Craving or desiring sex.
- Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
- (figurative) Craving something immaterial.
- (euphemistic) Craving alcohol; especially, experiencing some alcohol withdrawal.
- able to take in large quantities of moisture
- needing moisture
- (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous
adj
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages