salivates
Produces digestive fluid
Salivates means to produce saliva, the watery fluid in the mouth that aids digestion.
Dogs salivate at the smell of food; so do humans.
Figuratively, to salivate over something is to show eager anticipation or desire: Investors are salivating over the company's IPO.
The word often implies an almost embarrassing level of want.
Powerful urge to have
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- desireIntense wanting
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
mouthwatering · tempting · enticing · tantalizing · appetizing · irresistible · alluring · expectancy
Learned behavioral adaptation
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- droolSaliva spilling out
- slobberLet saliva dribble out
dribble · watering · secretion · glands · salivary · amylase · enzyme · autonomic
craving
Powerful urge to have
eagerness · mouthwatering · tempting · enticing · tantalizing · appetizing · irresistible · alluring · expectancy · foretaste
conditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
slobber · dribble · watering · secretion · glands · salivary · amylase · enzyme · autonomic · involuntary
appetite
Desire for food
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
voracious · peckish · pangs · craving · empty · growling · gnawing · insatiable · hollow · aching
flavor
Characteristic taste quality
delicious · succulent · delectable · scrumptious · palatable · toothsome · luscious · ambrosial · tangy · zesty
salivatesparches
Makes extremely dry
dries up · desiccates · dehydrates · thirsts
salivatesgags
Jokes or silencing devices
retches · recoils · dry heaves · turns away · grimaces