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slake


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slake 
  v  1:  satisfy  (thirst)  [syn:  {quench},  {allay},  {assuage}] 
  2:  make  less  active  or  intense  [syn:  {abate},  {slack}] 
  3:  cause  to  heat  and  crumble  by  treatment  with  water,  as  of 
  lime  [syn:  {slack}] 




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