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thirsty


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thirsty  \Thirst"y\,  a.  [Compar.  {Thirstier};  superl. 
  {Thirstiest}.]  [AS.  [thorn]urstig.  See  {Thirst},  n.] 
  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  dry  and  thirsty  land,  where  no  water  is  --Ps. 
  lxiii.  1. 
 
  When  in  the  sultry  glebe  I  faint,  Or  on  the  thirsty 
  mountain  pant.  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thirsty 
  adj  1:  needing  moisture;  "thirsty  fields  under  a  rainless  sky" 
  2:  feeling  a  need  or  desire  to  drink;  "after  playing  hard  the 
  children  were  thirsty"  [ant:  {hungry}] 
  3:  (usually  followed  by  `for')  extremely  desirous;  "athirst  for 
  knowledge";  "hungry  for  recognition";  "thirsty  for 
  informaton"  [syn:  {athirst(p)},  {hungry(p)},  {thirsty(p)}] 
  4:  able  to  take  in  large  quantities  of  moisture;  "thirsty 
  towels" 




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