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SALIVATE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does salivate mean?

• SALIVATE (verb)
The verb SALIVATE has 2 senses:

1. produce saliva
2. be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something

Familiarity information: SALIVATE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SALIVATE (verb)

Sense 1

salivate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Produce saliva

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

We salivated when he described the great meal

Hypernyms (to "salivate" is one way to...):

act involuntarily; act reflexively (act in an uncontrolled manner)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "salivate"):

dribble; drivel; drool; slabber; slaver; slobber (let saliva drivel from the mouth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

salivate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

drool; salivate

Context example:

She was salivating over the raise she anticipated

Hypernyms (to "salivate" is one way to...):

covet (wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue salivate over the results of the experiment

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