'Slake' definitions:
Definition of 'slake'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Slake'
From: GCIDE
- Slake \Slake\, v. i.
- 1. To go out; to become extinct. "His flame did slake." --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To abate; to become less decided. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To slacken; to become relaxed. "When the body's strongest sinews slake." [R.] --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes. [1913 Webster]
- Slake trough, a trough containing water in which a blacksmith cools a forging or tool. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Slake'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slake'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assuage,
- bate,
- benumb,
- cloy,
- cram,
- cushion,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- diminish,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- engorge,
- feast,
- feed,
- fill,
- fill up,
- foment,
- fulfill,
- give relief,
- glut,
- gorge,
- gratify,
- jade,
- lay,
- lessen,
- let down,
- let up,
- loose,
- loosen,
- lull,
- mitigate,
- mollify,
- numb,
- overdose,
- overfeed,
- overfill,
- overgorge,
- oversaturate,
- overstuff,
- pad,
- pall,
- palliate,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- quench,
- reduce,
- regale,
- relax,
- relieve,
- remit,
- salve,
- sate,
- satiate,
- satisfy,
- saturate,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stuff,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- supersaturate,
- surfeit,
- unbend,
- unbrace,
- unstrain,
- unstring