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slake (v. trans.)
1.cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water"slack lime"
2.make less active or intense
3.satisfy (thirst)"The cold water quenched his thirst"
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Merriam Webster
SlakeSlake (?), 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.
SlakeSlake, 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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Ver también
slake (v. trans.)
slake (v. tr.)
slake (v. tr.)
fill, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy[Hyper.]
thirst, thirstiness[GenV+comp]
consume, have, ingest, take, take in[Domaine]
allay, assuage, quench, slake[Syntagme]
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