slake : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slake	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for slake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slake v satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" Synonym(s): quench, slake, allay, assuage make less active or intense Synonym(s): slake, abate, slack cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime" Synonym(s): slack, slake
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. [bd]And slake the heavenly fire.[b8] --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. [bd]His flame did slake.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. 2. To abate; to become less decided. [R.] --Shak. 3. To slacken; to become relaxed. [bd]When the body's strongest sinews slake.[b8] [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.