Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - lust
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Lust
lust
~1 n 1 very strong sexual desire, especially when it does not include liking or love (What Len felt for her was pure lust.) 2 U + for a very strong desire to have something, usually power or money (hard-faced men driven by a lust for gain) ~2 v lust after sb/sth phr v often humorous 1 to be strongly sexually attracted to someone, and think about having sex with them (He thinks I'm only lusting after his body!) 2 to want something very much, especially something that you do not really need (This is the shop for those of you lusting after designer clothes.)
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1. Lust is a feeling of strong sexual desire for someone. His relationship with Angie was the first which combined lust with friendship... His lust for her grew until it was overpowering. N-UNCOUNT 2. A lust for something is a very strong and eager desire to have it. It was Fred’s lust for glitz and glamour that was driving them apart. = passion N-UNCOUNT: oft N for n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German ~ pleasure and perhaps to Latin lascivus wanton Date: before 12th century 1. obsolete a. pleasure, delight b. personal inclination ; wish 2. usually intense or unbridled sexual desire ; lasciviousness 3. a. an intense longing ; craving a ~ to succeed b. enthusiasm, eagerness admired his ~ for life II. intransitive verb Date: 12th century to have an intense desire or need ; crave; specifically to have a sexual urge ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 strong sexual desire. 2 a (usu. foll. by for, of) a passionate desire for (a lust for power). b (usu. foll. by of) a passionate enjoyment of (the lust of battle). 3 (usu. in pl.) a sensuous appetite regarded as sinful (the lusts of the flesh). --v.intr. (usu. foll. by after, for) have a strong or excessive (esp. sexual) desire. Derivatives lustful adj. lustfully adv. lustfulness n. Etymology: OE f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. вожделение, похоть the lusts of the flesh —- плотские страсти 2. сильное желание, страсть (к чему-л.), жажда (чего-л.) lust for gold —- страсть к золоту lust for power —- жажда власти 3. испытывать вожделение, физическое влечение to lust after a woman —- библ. смотреть на женщину с вожделением 4. сильно, страстно желать to lust after (for) power —- жаждать власти ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) вожделение, похоть 2) rhet. страсть (of, for - к чему-л.) 2. v. страстно желать; испытывать вожделение; - lust after power LUST after power жаждать власти ...Англо-русский словарь
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environ. abbr. Leaking Underground Storage Tank U.S. gov. abbr. Leaking Undergound Storage Tank mil. abbr. Leaking Underground Storage Tank funny abbr. Ladeez Unda Sweet Temptashunz ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- O.E. lust "desire, pleasure," from P.Gmc. *lustuz, from PIE *las- "to be eager, wanton, or unruly." Sense of "sinful sexual desire" developed in O.E. and became the only meaning via use in Bible translations, though in Ger. lust still means simply "pleasure." Lusty is c.1200; its sense of "full of healthy vigor" preserves a pre-Christian sense of the word. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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