salivate

[US]/'sælɪveɪt/
[UK]/'sælɪvet/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. cause to produce an excessive amount of saliva
vi. secrete saliva.

Example Sentences

The smell of freshly baked bread made her salivate.

Just thinking about the delicious meal made him salivate.

The sight of the juicy burger made my mouth salivate.

The chef's culinary skills always make customers salivate.

The thought of the upcoming vacation made her salivate with excitement.

The advertisement for the new restaurant made many people salivate.

The aroma of the sizzling steak made everyone salivate.

The dessert menu was so tempting that it made us all salivate.

The anticipation of the holiday feast made the children salivate.

The thought of the ice cream sundae made her salivate uncontrollably.

Real-world Examples

You wait in anticipation, salivating over the thought of slicing into a juicy, pink steak.

Source: Popular Science Essays

Yeah, the salt is helping to salivate.

Source: Gourmet Base

Dogs do it more obviously, they start to salivate.

Source: Engvid-Adam Course Collection

" The hungry dog began to salivate when it saw the steak on the table" .

Source: Engvid-Adam Course Collection

" Salivating" means like the juices are flowing in the mouth because I want something delicious.

Source: Engvid Super Teacher Selection

[Devin] Now I'm salivating. I want that suit!

Source: Buzzfeed Women's Fashion Talk

In his experiments, he was able to show that dogs will salivate when they anticipate food.

Source: Hua Yan Level 8 Listening

You could train a dog to salivate just with the bell, just with the symbol.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) April 2018 Collection

A whore in post-war Berlin salivating over free stockings and chocolate?

Source: House of Cards season 1

Business folk salivated at the prospect of selling to the fast-growing African middle class, which by one measure numbered 350m people.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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