slake
to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
to cool or refresh: He slaked his lips with ice.
to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc.: His calm manner slaked their enthusiasm.
to cause disintegration of (lime) by treatment with water.: Compare slaked lime.
to moisten; wet: To thicken the sauce, add a tablespoon of cornstarch slaked with a little cold water.
Obsolete. to make loose or less tense; slacken.
(of lime) to become slaked.
Archaic. to become less active, intense, vigorous, etc.; abate.
Origin of slake
1Other words for slake
Other words from slake
- slak·a·ble, slake·a·ble, adjective
- slake·less, adjective
- un·slak·a·ble, adjective
- un·slake·a·ble, adjective
- un·slaked, adjective
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How to use slake in a sentence
The other pandemic winners were home-delivery sites such as Drizly and Minibar, third-party services promising to slake your thirst within an hour of you placing an order over their apps.
Buying alcohol online is becoming our new normal, and these home delivery apps are cashing in | Dave McIntyre | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostIt just might slake the thirst of those living in remote or dry areas.
Here’s one way to harvest water right out of the air | Sid Perkins | April 24, 2020 | Science News For StudentsOccasionally a rugged vat of this mud is found boiling away—very suggestive of slaking lime.
Your National Parks | Enos A. MillsIf her association with him had begotten in Lola Montez a thirst for wit and genius, she had every chance of slaking it in Paris.
Lola Montez | Edmund B. d'AuvergneFresh burned lime may be ground fine, so that it can be spread on land without slaking.
Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement | Alva Agee
Burning and slaking afforded the only known method of reducing stone for use in sour soils.
Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement | Alva AgeeSlaking, by the addition of water to the fresh burned lime, is the common method of getting the required physical condition.
Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement | Alva Agee
British Dictionary definitions for slake
/ (sleɪk) /
(tr) literary to satisfy (thirst, desire, etc)
(tr) poetic to cool or refresh
Also: slack to undergo or cause to undergo the process in which lime reacts with water or moist air to produce calcium hydroxide
archaic to make or become less active or intense
Origin of slake
1Derived forms of slake
- slakable or slakeable, adjective
- slaker, noun
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