Search results
- Dictionarysalivate/ˈsalɪveɪt/
verb
- 1. secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food: "the delicious aroma of rich stews made us salivate"
- 2. display great relish at the sight or prospect of something: "I was fairly salivating at the prospect of a $10 million loan"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
biology humorous or specialized uk / ˈsæl.ɪ.veɪt / us / ˈsæl.ə.veɪt / Add to word list. to produce saliva: The thought of all that delicious food made me salivate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production. biliary. bilirubin. bodily fluid. bogy. break out in a cold sweat. gob. perspiratory.
The meaning of SALIVATE is to have a flow of saliva especially in excess. How to use salivate in a sentence.
SALIVATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of salivate in English. salivate. verb [ I ] biology humorous or specialized us / ˈsæl.ə.veɪt / uk / ˈsæl.ɪ.veɪt / Add to word list. to produce saliva: The thought of all that delicious food made me salivate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
When people or animals salivate, they produce a lot of saliva in their mouth, often as a result of seeing or smelling food. Any dog will salivate when presented with food. [ VERB ]
People salivate when they smell something delicious cooking or are hungry. You can also describe someone as salivating — metaphorically — over an attractive woman, a handsome man, an expensive car, a high-paying job, or anything else that's desirable.
to produce an excessive secretion of saliva in, as by mercurial poisoning. salivate. / ˈsælɪˌveɪt / verb. intr to secrete saliva, esp an excessive amount. tr to cause (a laboratory animal, etc) to produce saliva, as by the administration of mercury.
1. (Physiology) (intr) to secrete saliva, esp an excessive amount. 2. (Physiology) (tr) to cause (a laboratory animal, etc) to produce saliva, as by the administration of mercury. ˌsaliˈvation n.
