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1. (n.) appetite
a desire for food or drink.
2. appetite
a desire to satisfy any bodily need or craving.
3. appetite
a desire or inclination for something; taste:
an appetite for power.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME (< AF) < L appetītus natural desire <appetere to desire )
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| Definition of 'appetite' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) appetite, appetency, appetence
a feeling of craving something
"an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks
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1. (noun) appetite
the need or desire to eat
a healthy appetite; to lose your appetite
2. appetite
spoil your appetite
to eat sth which makes you not want to eat the next meal
No candy now - you'll spoil your appetite.
3. appetite
desire and enthusiasm
There is a growing appetite for change.; to have an appetite for reading
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| Definition of 'appetite' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) appetite
the desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind
2. (noun) appetite
desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger
3. (noun) appetite
any strong desire; an eagerness or longing
4. (noun) appetite
tendency; appetency
5. (noun) appetite
the thing desired
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| Definition of 'appetite' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. appetite
Natural recurring desire for food. Alterations may induced by APPETITE DEPRESSANTS or APPETITE STIMULANTS.
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Sense: a desire for food
Exercise gives you a good appetite.
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 Afrikaans: aptyt |
 Arabic: شَهِـيَّـه |
 Bulgarian: апетит |
 Brazilian: apetite |
 Czech: chuť k jídlu |
 German: der Appetit |
 Danish: madlyst; appetit |
 Greek: όρεξη |
 Spanish: apetito |
 Estonian: söögiisu |
 Farsi: اشتها |
 Finnish: ruokahalu |
 French: appétit |
 Hebrew: תֵיאָבוֹן |
 Hindi: भूख |
 Croatian: apetit |
 Hungarian: étvágy |
 Indonesian: selera |
 Icelandic: matarlyst |
 Italian: appetito |
 Japanese: 食欲 |
 Korean: 식욕 |
 Lithuanian: apetitas |
 Latvian: apetīte |
 Malay: selera |
 Dutch: eetlust |
 Norwegian: matlyst |
 Polish: apetyt |
 Persian: اشتها |
 Pashto: اشتهاء |
 Portuguese: apetite |
 Romanian: apetit, poftă de mâncare |
 Russian: аппетит |
 Slovak: chuť do jedla |
 Slovenian: tek |
 Serbian: apetit |
 Swedish: aptit |
 Thai: ความอยากอาหาร |
 Turkish: iştah |
 Taiwanese: 食慾 |
 Ukrainian: апетит |
 Urdu: بھوک ، اشتہا |
 Vietnamese: sự ngon miệng |
 Chinese: 食欲 |
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