slake (redirected from slaking)

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 [sleɪk]

vb

1. (tr) Literary to satisfy (thirst, desire, etc.)

2. (tr) Poetic to cool or refresh

3. (Chemistry) Also slack to undergo or cause to undergo the process in which lime reacts with water or moist air to produce calcium hydroxide

4. Archaic to make or become less active or intense

[Old English slacian, from slæc slack¹; related to Dutch slaken to diminish, Icelandic slaka]

slakable , slakeable adj

slaker  n

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"

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slake

verb satisfy, gratify, assuage, quench, satiate, sate They had to melt snow to slake their thirst.

Translations

slake [sleɪk] VT

1. [+ one's thirst] → apagar, aplacar

2. (Chem) [+ lime] → apagar
slaked lime → cal f muerta

slake [ˈsleɪk] vt
to slake one's thirst → étancher sa soif

slake

vt

(liter: = quench) → stillen

lime → löschen; slaked lime → gelöschter Kalk, Löschkalk m

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