Salivate: alternatives and connections

To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.

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To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

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To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.

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To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.

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To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool.

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A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.

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See Slabber.

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The secretion from the salivary glands.

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The secretion from the salivary glands.

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The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.

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The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.

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To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.