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Verb: salivate  'sali`veyt
  1. Produce saliva
    "We salivated when he described the great meal"
     
  2. Be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
    "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated"
    - drool

Derived forms: salivated, salivating, salivates

See also: saliva, salivation

Type of: act involuntarily, act reflexively, covet

Encyclopedia: Salivate