Meaning of SLAKE
| Pronunciation: | | sleyk
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- [v] cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water, as of lime
- [v] make less active or intense
- [v] satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
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| | Synonyms: | | abate, allay, assuage, quench, slack |
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| | See Also: | | air-slake, consume, decrease, fill, fulfil, fulfill, have, hydrate, ingest, lessen, meet, minify, satisfy, take, take in | |
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\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.
\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.
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