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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. needing moisture;
- Example: "thirsty fields under a rainless sky"

2. feeling a need or desire to drink;
- Example: "after playing hard the children were thirsty"

3. (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous;
- Example: "athirst for knowledge"
- Example: "hungry for recognition"
- Example: "thirsty for informaton"
[syn: athirst(p), hungry(p), thirsty(p)]

4. able to take in large quantities of moisture;
- Example: "thirsty towels"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thirsty \Thirst"y\, a. [Compar. Thirstier; superl.
   Thirstiest.] [AS. ?urstig. See Thirst, n.]
   1. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation
      from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
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            Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I
            am thirsty.                           --Judges iv.
                                                  19.
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   2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
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            A dry and thirsty land, where no water is. --Ps.
                                                  lxiii. 1.
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            When in the sultry glebe I faint,
            Or on the thirsty mountain pant.      --Addison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"