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slake
[ sleyk ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- (of lime) to become slaked.
- Archaic. to become less active, intense, vigorous, etc.; abate.
slake
/ sleɪk /
verb
- literary.tr to satisfy (thirst, desire, etc)
- poetic.tr to cool or refresh
- Alsoslack 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈslakable, adjective
- ˈslaker, noun
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Other Words From
- 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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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slake1
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Example Sentences
The fevered mules plunged in headlong and drank greedily; the riders were perforce obliged to slake their thirst after them.
An old gray-headed man tottered forward to slake his burning thirst.
In good sooth ye do,” cried Biarne, with a laugh; “a mouse could hardly slake his thirst with all that you have yet imbibed.
Would I be the tiger, blind with desire of blood leaping at the wild-deer's throat, to slake a cruel thirst?
The sun was excessively hot, and at every rivulet that I crossed I stopped to slake my thirst.
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