SLAKE

slack, slake

(verb) cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; “slack lime”

slake, abate, slack

(verb) make less active or intense

quench, slake, allay, assuage

(verb) satisfy (thirst); “The cold water quenched his thirst”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

slake (third-person singular simple present slakes, present participle slaking, simple past and past participle slaked)

(transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires). [from 14^thc.]

Synonyms: quench, extinguish

(transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid. [from 14^thc.]

(intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.

(transitive) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.

(intransitive, obsolete) Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts. [11^th-17^thc.]

(intransitive, obsolete) To slacken; to become relaxed or loose. [11^th-16^thc.]

(intransitive, obsolete) To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force. [14^th-19^thc.]

(intransitive, obsolete) To go out; to become extinct.

Etymology 2

Verb

slake (third-person singular simple present slakes, present participle slaking, simple past and past participle slaked)

(transitive, Scotland) To besmear.

Noun

slake (plural slakes)

(Scotland) A sloppy mess.

Anagrams

• LASEK, Lakes, Leaks, kales, lakes, leaks

Source: Wiktionary

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Slake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaking.] Etym: [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.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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