slake (redirected from slakes)

slake  (slk)

v. slaked, slak·ing, slakes

v.tr.

1. To satisfy (a craving); quench: slaked her thirst.

2. To lessen the force or activity of; moderate: slaking his anger.

3. To cool or refresh by wetting or moistening.

4. To combine (lime) chemically with water or moist air.

v.intr.

To undergo a slaking process; crumble or disintegrate, as lime.

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[Middle English slaken, to abate, from Old English slacian, from slæc, slack, sluggish; see slack¹.]

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slake

Verb

[slaking, slaked]

1. Literary to satisfy (thirst or desire)

2. to add water to (lime) to produce calcium hydroxide [Old English slacian]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	slake - satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" quench, allay, assuage fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill - fill or meet a want or need
	2.	slake - make less active or intense abate, slack minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
	3.	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"

Translations

slake [sleɪk] vt [+ one's thirst] → apagar

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slake [sleɪk] vt (one's thirst) → étancher

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slake [sleɪk] vt (thirst) → stillen

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slake [sleɪk] vt [+ one's thirst] → spegnere