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• appetite — /ˈæpətaɪt / (say apuhtuyt) noun 1. a desire for food or drink: to work up an appetite. 2. a desire to supply any bodily want or craving: the natural appetites. 3. an innate or acquired demand or propensity to satisfy a want: an appetite for… …  

• want — [n1] desire appetite, craving, demand, fancy, hankering, hunger, longing, necessity, need, requirement, thirst, wish, yearning, yen; concept 20 Ant. disinterest, dislike, hate want [n2] lack, need absence, dearth, default, defect, deficiency,… …   New thesaurus

• appetite — noun 1 (U) a desire for food: a healthy appetite | lose your appetite: She has completely lost her appetite since the operation. | have a huge/big/voracious appetite (=have the ability to eat a lot of food) | spoil/ruin your appetite (=eat before …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• want — I UK [wɒnt] / US [wɑnt] verb [transitive] Word forms want : present tense I/you/we/they want he/she/it wants present participle wanting past tense wanted past participle wanted *** Metaphor: Wanting something is like being hungry or thirsty, and… …   English dictionary

• appetite */*/ — UK [ˈæpətaɪt] / US [ˈæpəˌtaɪt] noun Word forms appetite : singular appetite plural appetites 1) [countable/uncountable] the natural feeling of wanting to eat a child with a healthy appetite The symptoms include fever and loss of appetite. All… …   English dictionary

• appetite — ap|pe|tite [ æpə,taıt ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount the natural feeling of wanting to eat: a chubby baby with a good, healthy appetite The symptoms include fever and loss of appetite. All that fresh air and exercise has given me an appetite.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• appetite*/ — [ˈæpəˌtaɪt] noun [C] 1) the natural feeling of wanting to eat a child with a healthy appetite[/ex] Don t have any more chocolate – you ll spoil your appetite (= make you want to eat less at the next meal).[/ex] 2) a feeling of wanting something… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• want — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. need; poverty, indigence; lack, dearth, deficiency, absence; shortage, inadequacy, scarcity; necessity, requirement. v. lack, need; be in need; require, desire, wish, crave; fall short of, be… …   English dictionary for students

• appetite — n 1. hunger, thirst, craving, desire, want, need, appetency; voraciousness, ravenousness, edacity, gluttonousness, insatiability. 2. relish, taste, palate, sweet tooth; zest, gusto, partiality, bias, keenness; affinity, liking, affection,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• want — v 1. desire, wish or wish for, long for, desiderate; yearn for, hope for, care for, pine for, sigh for; hanker after, have a yen for, covet, fancy, have a fancy for; have an eye to, be attracted to, have a mind to, have at heart, be bent upon,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• whet someone's appetite — whet (someone s) appetite if an experience whets someone s appetite for something, it makes them want more of it. That first flying lesson whetted her appetite. I did a short course last year, and it s whetted my appetite for study. (often + for) …   New idioms dictionary