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slake

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slake

  [sleyk] verb, slaked, slak⋅ing.
Use slake in a Sentence
–verb (used with 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.
–verb (used without object)
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 slack 1 + -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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slake   (slāk)   
v.   slaked, slak·ing, slakes

v.   tr.

  1. To satisfy (a craving); quench: slaked her thirst.

  2. To lessen the force or activity of; moderate: slaking his anger.

  3. To cool or refresh by wetting or moistening.

  4. To combine (lime) chemically with water or moist air.

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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