thirst
part of speech
noun (thirst — uncountable); verb (thirst, thirsts, thirsted, thirsting — formal, for something)
meaning for a pupil
1) Thirst is the feeling of needing or wanting to drink. tree →
2) Thirst for something means a strong wish for it: a thirst for knowledge, a thirst for adventure. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and health, thirst is the body's signal that it needs water; children should drink water regularly, especially in hot weather and during sport, because losing too much water (dehydration) causes headaches and tiredness. Animals in deserts survive thirst in clever ways (camels, desert frogs). In stories, «dying of thirst» shows danger in a desert or at sea. Phrases: quench your thirst, die of thirst, a thirst for knowledge.
examples
- After the race, I had a terrible thirst. tree →
- Water is the best drink to quench your thirst. tree →
- Camels can go for days without suffering from thirst. tree →
- Salty crisps give me a thirst. tree →
- The sailors nearly died of thirst on the open sea. tree →
- She has a real thirst for knowledge and reads everything. tree →
- Don't wait for thirst — sip water during hot days. tree →
- But still his thirst was not quenched. tree →
note
Noun «thirst» is uncountable; adjective «thirsty». Fact for safety: sea water does not quench thirst — its salt makes you thirstier. By the time you feel thirsty, your body already needs water.
In the corpora
- A hangover is how the body feels the day after drinking too much alcohol: headache, tiredness, thirst and feeling sick.
- Thirst is the body's signal that it needs water.
- In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.
- My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: 'When shall I come and appear before God?'
- Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «thirst» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.