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slake

We found 16 definitions of slake from 6 different sources.

What does slake mean?

Verb slakes, slaking, slaked
slake - make less active or intense
		abate, slack
		minify, decrease, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
slake - cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"
		slack
		hydrate cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin"
		air-slake alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate; "air-slake lime"
slake - satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
		quench, allay, assuage
		ingest, consume, take in, have, take engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
		fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, fill, meet make happy or satisfied

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slake (Verb)
To go out ; to become extinct.
slake (Verb)
To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.

slake (a.)
To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
slake (a.)
To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
slake (v. i.)
To go out; to become extinct.
slake (v. i.)
To abate; to become less decided.
slake (v. i.)
To slacken; to become relaxed.
slake (v. i.)
To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.

slake
slāk, v.t. to quench: to extinguish: to mix with water: to make slack or inactive.—v.i. to go out: to become extinct.—adj. Slake′less, that cannot be slaked: inextinguishable. [A.S. sleacian, to grow slack—sleccan, to make slack—sleac, slack.]
slake
slāk, n. a channel through a swamp or morass: slime. [Ice. slakki, a hill-slope.]
slake
slāk, v.t. (Scot.) to besmear.—n. a slabbery daub. [Prob. conn. with Ice. sleikja, to lick; Ger. schlecken, to lick.]

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