slake
verb (used with object)
to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
have slaked
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present perfectof slake.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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One would have thought that the reputation which he gained for bravery and intrepidity as a commander, would have slaked his thirst for fame.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
Not all the water in all the cool streams of the earth would have slaked the thirst of his wound.
From Love Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The horses drank, but I would have had to be far gone from thirst before I would have slaked mine there.
From Tales of lonely trails by Zane Grey
Not a word, Don Pedro, not a word, until you and your friends have slaked your thirst with draughts of our native wine.
From Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa by Frederick Albion Ober
Now I have slaked my thirst for confession by telling you.
From The Story of Bawn by Katharine Tynan
