Complete Definition of "salivate"

was wotd|2006|August|28
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-salivate.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb|salivat|ing

  1. intransitive To produce saliva.
  2. intransitive To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something.

#:He's been salivating over the latest model sports car for awhile now.

Translations
to produce saliva:

German: geifern, speicheln, sabbern
Icelandic: t+|is|slefa
Italian: t+|it|salivare, t+|it|sbavare
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Kurdish: t|ku|tif kirin
Russian: в�з�ва�� t|ru|�л�но�е�ение|scCyrl, в�дел��� t|ru|�л�н�|scCyrl

trans-top|to show eager anticipation
German: geifern, keifen
Italian: t+|it|sbavare
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See also
drool

Category:Bodily fluids


Italian

Verb form
salivate

  1. second person plural imperfect tense of salire
  2. second-person plural present tense of salivare
  3. second-person plural imperative of salivare

Category:Italian verb forms

et:salivate
fr:salivate
io:salivate
te:salivate
vi:salivate

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