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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024slake /sleɪk/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], slaked, slak•ing. - to satisfy (thirst, hunger, etc.):to slake his thirst with water.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slake (slāk),USA pronunciation v., slaked, slak•ing. v.t. - 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.
- Chemistryto cause disintegration of (lime) by treatment with water. Cf. slaked lime.
- [Obs.]to make loose or less tense;
slacken.
v.i. - Chemistry(of lime) to become slaked.
- [Archaic.]to become less active, intense, vigorous, etc.;
abate.
- Middle English slaken to mitigate, allay, moderate, lessen one's efforts, Old English slacian to slacken, lessen one's efforts, equivalent. to slæc slack1 + -ian causative verb, verbal suffix bef. 1000
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged satisfy, quench, gratify, relieve.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: slake /sleɪk/ vb - (transitive) literary to satisfy (thirst, desire, etc)
- (transitive) poetic to cool or refresh
Also: slack to undergo or cause to undergo the process in which lime reacts with water or moist air to produce calcium hydroxide
Etymology: Old English slacian, from slæc slack1; related to Dutch slaken to diminish, Icelandic slakaˈslakable, ˈslakeable adj |