salivate

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verb

1. produce saliva (Freq. 1)
- We salivated when he described the great meal
• Derivationally related forms:
salivation, saliva
• Hypernyms:
act involuntarily, act reflexively
• Hyponyms:
drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
- She was salivating over the raise she anticipated
• Syn:
drool
• Hypernyms:
covet
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Sam and Sue salivate over the results of the experiment