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# thirsty

adjective (thirsty, thirstier, thirstiest)

«thirsty» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Thirsty means needing or wanting to drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#m1)
2. Thirsty can describe dry land or plants that need water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#m2)
3. Thirsty for something means wanting it very much, like thirsty for knowledge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health lessons, your body needs water, and feeling thirsty is a sign you need a drink; drink water often, especially when it is hot or you exercise, because in hot places like Australia you can get dehydrated quickly. Water is the best drink; sugary drinks are bad for teeth. Salty food makes you thirsty. In science, plants and soil can be thirsty during drought. Phrases: «feel thirsty», «thirsty work», «thirsty for».

### Examples

- I'm thirsty; can I have some water? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#x1)
- Running in the sun made us thirsty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#x2)
- Salty crisps make me thirsty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#x3)
- The thirsty dog drank the whole bowl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#x4)
- Digging the garden is thirsty work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#x5)
- The plants look thirsty; please water them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#x6)
- Take a water bottle so you don't get thirsty on the hike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#x7)
- She was thirsty for adventure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#x8)
- “Thakane,” he said, “I am thirsty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/#x9)

### Note

Comparative thirstier, superlative thirstiest. Noun: thirst. «Thirsty» (want to drink) vs «hungry» (want to eat). By the time you feel very thirsty, your body may already be low on water.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it describes dry ground in the desert, a land with no water. It also describes a person who needs a drink, and the psalms use "thirsty ground" for land that God makes dry. In the primary lessons: In health lessons, your body needs water, and feeling thirsty is a sign you need a drink; drink water often, especially when it is hot or you exercise, because in hot places like Australia you can get dehydrated quickly. Water is the best drink; sugary drinks are bad for teeth. Salty food makes you thirsty. In science, plants and soil can be thirsty during drought. Phrases: «feel thirsty», «thirsty work», «thirsty for».

### Examples

- who led thee through the great and dreadful wilderness, wherein were serpents, fiery serpents, and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; (Torah DEU.8.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thirsty/#x1)
- Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. (Writings PSA.107.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thirsty/#x2)
- Unto him that is thirsty bring ye water! (Prophets ISA.21.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thirsty/#x3)
- He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground; (Writings PSA.107.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thirsty/#x4)

### Note

Comparative thirstier, superlative thirstiest. Noun: thirst. «Thirsty» (want to drink) vs «hungry» (want to eat). By the time you feel very thirsty, your body may already be low on water.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thirsty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thirsty/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «thirsty» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thirsty/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thirsty» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/thirsty.html) on Mova free.