Definitions for slake
sleɪkslake

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quench, slake, allay, assuageverb

   satisfy (thirst)

   "The cold water quenched his thirst"

2. slake, abate, slackverb

   make less active or intense

3. slack, slakeverb

   cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

   "slack lime"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slakeverb

   Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.

2. slakeverb

   To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.

3. slakeverb

   To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.

4. slakeverb

   To satisfy (thirst, or other desires); to quench.

5. slakeverb

   To cool (something) with water or another liquid.

6. Etymology: From slaken, from sleacian, from sleac.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Slakeverb

   Etymology: from slack, Skinner; from slock, Islandick, to quench, Mr. Lye.

   1. To quench; to extinguish.

   He did always strive
   Himself with salves to health for to restore,
   And slake the heavenly fire that raged evermore. Fa. Queen.

   If I digg’d up thy forefathers graves,
   And hung their rotten coffins up in chains,
   It could not slake mine ire, nor ease my heart. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   She with her cold hand slakes
   His spirits, the sparks of life, and chills his heart. Richard Crashaw.

   From Iülus’ head
   A lambent flame arose, which gently spread
   Around his brows, and on his temples fed:
   Amaz’d, with running water we prepare
   To quench the sacred fire, and slake his hair. Dryden.

   The fragrant fruit from bending branches shake,
   And with the crystal stream their thirst at pleasure slake. Richard Blackmore, Creation.

   Coarse are his meals, the fortune of the chace;
   Amidst the running stream he slakes his thirst. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   2. It is used of lime, so that it is uncertain whether the original notion of To slack or slake lime be to powder or quench it.

   That which he saw happened to be fresh lime, and gathered before any rain had fallen to slake it. John Woodward.

2. To Slakeverb

   To grow less tense; to be relaxed.

   Etymology: This is apparently from slack.

   If she the body’s nature did partake,
   Her strength would with the body’s strength decay;
   But when the body’s strongest sinews slake,
   Then is the soul most active, quick, and gay. Davies.

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1. slake

   To slake means to satisfy, quench, or alleviate. This can refer to satisfying thirst, hunger, or desire, or it could also mean the process of mixing quicklime with water to create calcium hydroxide.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slakeadjective

   to allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst

2. Slakeadjective

   to mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime

3. Slakeverb

   to go out; to become extinct

4. Slakeverb

   to abate; to become less decided

5. Slakeverb

   to slacken; to become relaxed

6. Slakeverb

   to become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes

7. Etymology: [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS. sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See Slack, v. & a.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slake

   slāk, v.t. to quench: to extinguish: to mix with water: to make slack or inactive.—v.i. to go out: to become extinct.—adj. Slake′less, that cannot be slaked: inextinguishable. [A.S. sleacian, to grow slack—sleccan, to make slack—sleac, slack.]

2. Slake

   slāk, n. a channel through a swamp or morass: slime. [Ice. slakki, a hill-slope.]

3. Slake

   slāk, v.t. (Scot.) to besmear.—n. a slabbery daub. [Prob. conn. with Ice. sleikja, to lick; Ger. schlecken, to lick.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slake

   An accumulation of mud or ooze in the bed of a river.

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Matched Categories

1. • Decrease
   • Hydrate
   • Satisfy

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Anagrams for slake »

1. lakes

2. Lakes

3. LASEK

4. leaks

5. sakel

6. alkes

How to pronounce slake?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say slake in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of slake in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of slake in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=slake
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Slake
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=slake
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slake
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=slake
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=slake
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=slake