About The Word Slake
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Slake
Slake Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Slake?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Slake: abate | allay | assuage | quench | slack Related Terms | Find terms related to Slake: See Also | air-slake | consume | decrease | fill | fulfil | fulfill | have | hydrate | ingest | lessen | meet | minify | satisfy | take | take in Slake In Webster's Dictionary \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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