OXFORD Collocations | dictionary for students of English

thirst noun

1 desire to drink

ADJ. great, intense, raging, terrible, unquenchable

VERB + THIRST suffer from Many of the refugees were suffering badly from thirst. | quench, slake | die of | work up After walking five miles, they had worked up a great thirst.

2 strong desire

ADJ. great, unquenchable He has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

VERB + THIRST have | satisfy

PREP. ~ for