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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Salivate (0.00821 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Salivate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: salivate salivate v 1: produce saliva; “We salivated when he described the great meal” 2: be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something; “She was salivating over the raise she anticipated” [syn: drool]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Salivate Salivate \Sal"i*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salivated; p. pr. & vb. n. Salivating.] [L. salivatus, p. p. of salivare to salivate. See Saliva.] To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury. [1913 Webster] v. i. 1. To produce saliva, esp. in excess. 2. To drool. 3. (Fig.) To anticipate keenly with pleasure, as though salivating at the expectation of a delicious meal. Used often with over.; as, salivate over the prospects of high profits from an enterprise. [1913 Webster] Note: Probably influenced by the experiments of Pavlov, who trained dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell, by previously ringing the bell immediately prior to feeding them. [1913 Webster]

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