Thirst /(thẽrst)/

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?

   With thirst, with cold, with hunger so confounded.

2. Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.

imp. & p. p. Thirsted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thirsting

1. To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.

   The people thirsted there for water.

2. To have a vehement desire.

   My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God.

1. To have a thirst for. [R.]

   He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood.