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| 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
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slak·a·ble, slake·a·ble, adjective
slakeless, adjective
—Synonyms 1. satisfy, quench, gratify, relieve.
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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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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.
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| 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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Slake
A*slake"\ ([.a]*sl[=a]k"), v. t. & i. [AS. [=a]slacian, slacian, to slacken. Cf. Slake.] To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish. [Archaic] --Chaucer.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Slake
Slack\, a. [Compar. Slacker; superl. Slackest.] [OE. slak, AS. sleac; akin to OS. slak, OHG. slah, Prov. G. schlack, Icel. slakr, Sw. slak; cf. Skr. s[.r]j to let loose, to throw. Cf. Slake.] Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope. 2. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. --Milton. 3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness. --2 Pet. iii. 9. 4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack. "With slack pace." --Chaucer. C?sar . . . about sunset, hoisting sail with a slack southwest, at midnight was becalmed. --Milton. Slack in stays (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship. Slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide. Slack-water navigation, navigation in a stream the depth of which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a dam or dams. Syn: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated; diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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. |
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. |
Slake
Slock\, Slocken \Slock"en\, v. t. To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake. [Obs. or Scot.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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