SLAKED

quenched, satisfied, slaked

(adjective) allayed; “his thirst quenched he was able to continue”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

slaked (comparative more slaked, superlative most slaked)

Allayed; quenched; extinguished

Mixed with water so that a true chemical combination has taken place

Verb

slaked

simple past tense and past participle of slake

Anagrams

• Daleks, Dalkes, Kadels, Sedlak, Sladek

Source: Wiktionary


SLAKE

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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