slake
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slake 
[sleyk] Pronunciation Key verb, slaked, slak·ing.
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[sleyk] Pronunciation Key verb, slaked, slak·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying. |
| 2. | to cool or refresh: He slaked his lips with ice. |
| 3. | to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc.: His calm manner slaked their enthusiasm. |
| 4. | to cause disintegration of (lime) by treatment with water. Compare slaked lime. |
| 5. | Obsolete. to make loose or less tense; slacken. |
| 6. | (of lime) to become slaked. |
| 7. | Archaic. to become less active, intense, vigorous, etc.; abate. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME slaken to mitigate, allay, moderate, lessen one's efforts, OE slacian to slacken, lessen one's efforts, equiv. to slæc slack1 + -ian causative v. suffix]
] —Related forms
slak·a·ble, slake·a·ble, adjective
slakeless, adjective
—Synonyms 1. satisfy, quench, gratify, relieve.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| slake
(slāk) Pronunciation Key
v. slaked, slak·ing, slakes v. tr.
v. intr. To undergo a slaking process; crumble or disintegrate, as lime. [Middle English slaken, to abate, from Old English slacian, from slæc, slack, sluggish; see slack1.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
slake
slake
O.E. slacian "slacken an effort," from slæc "lax" (see slack). Sense of "allay" (in ref. to thirst, hunger, desire) first recorded c.1325.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| slake | |
verb | |
| 1. | satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn: quench] |
| 2. | make less active or intense |
| 3. | cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime" [syn: slack] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Slake
Slake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaking.] [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS. sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See Slack, v. & a.]1. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. "And slake the heavenly fire." --Spenser. It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart. --Shak. 2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Slake
Slake\, v. i. 1. To go out; to become extinct. "His flame did slake." --Sir T. Browne. 2. To abate; to become less decided. [R.] --Shak. 3. To slacken; to become relaxed. "When the body's strongest sinews slake." [R.] --Sir J. Davies. 4. To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes. Slake trough, a trough containing water in which a blacksmith cools a forging or tool.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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