saliva

Noun

Meaning

The secretion from the salivary glands.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

spit spittle baba aqua roc water blood slaver rheum milk absorption discharge urine foam assimilation

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Antonyms

course gush jet shoot burst spray

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Hypernyms

secretion

Hyponyms

dribble drivel drool slobber tobacco juice

Related terms

salivation

Phrases with the word

glands that make saliva secretion of saliva wet with saliva gland that produce saliva sea saliva production of saliva

Anagrams

salvia Slavia Valais

Examples

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. George Carlin

Every fat person says it's not their fault, that they have gland trouble. You know which gland? The saliva gland. They can't push away from the table. Jesse Ventura

Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach. Ivan Pavlov

The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out. Leonardo DiCaprio

It takes sweat to work on things, but it only takes saliva to criticize things. Taiwanese Proverb

The mouth that has saliva does not lack words. Kikuyu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

salitral salitrose saliuresis saliva ejector saliva gland saliva test