salivate (redirected from salivates)

sal·i·vate  (sl-vt)

v. sal·i·vat·ed, sal·i·vat·ing, sal·i·vates

v.intr.

1. To secrete or produce saliva.

2. Informal To be full of desire or eagerness for something: salivated at the idea of winning the lottery.

v.tr.

To produce excessive salivation in.

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[Latin salvre, salvt-, from salva, saliva.]

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salivate [ˈsælɪˌveɪt]

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (intr) to secrete saliva, esp an excessive amount

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (tr) to cause (a laboratory animal, etc.) to produce saliva, as by the administration of mercury

salivation  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	salivate - produce saliva; "We salivated when he described the great meal" act involuntarily, act reflexively - act in an uncontrolled manner drivel, slabber, slaver, slobber, drool, dribble - let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled"
	2.	salivate - be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something; "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated" drool covet - wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); "She covets her sister's house"

Translations

salivate [ˈsælɪveɪt] VI → salivar

salivate [ˈsælɪveɪt] vi

(= produce saliva) → saliver

(= relish prospect) to salivate over sth, to salivate at sth → saliver à la perspective de qch
to salivate at doing sth → saliver à la perspective de faire qch

salivate

vi → Speichel produzieren; (animal) → geifern; (old people, baby) → sabbern; (with lust) → lüstern geifern; to salivate over something (fig) → von etw schwärmen

salivate [ˈsælɪˌveɪt] vi → salivare