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Slake : (verb)
1: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn:
quench, allay, assuage]
2: make less active or intense [syn: abate, slack]
3: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack
lime" [syn: slack]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Slake : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Slake : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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