ALL meanings of slake
slake
S s - verbal expression slake quench 1
- verb with object slake to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying. 1
- verb with object slake to cool or refresh: He slaked his lips with ice. 1
- verb with object slake to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc.: His calm manner slaked their enthusiasm. 1
- verb with object slake to cause disintegration of (lime) by treatment with water. Compare slaked lime. 1
- verb with object slake Obsolete. to make loose or less tense; slacken. 1
- verb without object slake (of lime) to become slaked. 1
- verb without object slake Archaic. to become less active, intense, vigorous, etc.; abate. 1
- verb slake If you slake your thirst, you drink something that stops you being thirsty. 0
- verb slake to satisfy (thirst, desire, etc) 0
- verb slake to cool or refresh 0
- verb slake to undergo or cause to undergo the process in which lime reacts with water or moist air to produce calcium hydroxide 0
- verb slake to make or become less active or intense 0
- verb transitive slake to allay or make (thirst, desire, etc.) less active or intense by satisfying; assuage; satisfy 0
- verb transitive slake to cause (a fire) to die down or go out 0
- verb transitive slake to produce a chemical change in (lime) by combination with water 0
- verb transitive slake to lessen, reduce, or relieve 0
- verb transitive slake to lessen the tension of 0
- intransitive verb slake to become slaked or undergo slaking, as lime, thirst, etc. 0
- intransitive verb slake to become less active or intense; slacken 0