salivate

v., -vat·ed, -vat·ing, -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.

[Latin salīvāre, salīvāt-, from salīva, saliva.]

verb

To let saliva run from the mouth: dribble, drivel, drool, slaver, slobber. See dry/wet, mouth.

(săl'ə-vāt')
v., -vat·ed, -vat·ing, -vates.

1. To secrete or produce saliva.
2. To produce excessive salivation in.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: produce saliva

Meaning #2: be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
  Synonym: drool

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - savle, afsondre spyt
v. tr. - få til at savle, fremkalde kraftig spytafsondring hos

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwijlen, watertanden

Français (French)
v. intr. - saliver
v. tr. - saliver

Deutsch (German)
v. - speicheln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μου τρέχουν τα σάλια, σαλιώνω

Italiano (Italian)
salivare, aver l'acquolina in bocca

Português (Portuguese)
v. - salivar, produzir salivação

Русский (Russian)
вызывать слюнотечение, выделять слюну

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - salivar
v. tr. - producir salivación

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avsöndra saliv, dregla, salivera, framkalla kraftig salivavsöndring hos

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
分泌唾液, 流口水, 使分泌唾液

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 分泌唾液, 流口水
v. tr. - 使分泌唾液

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - ~에게 침을 많이 흘리다
v. tr. - 침을 흘리게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - つばを出す, よだれを出す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفرز لعابا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮רר, זב ריר‬
v. tr. - ‮הפריש רוק‬

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