slake Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb satisfy (thirst)
    quench; allay; assuage.
    • The cold water quenched his thirst
  2. verb make less active or intense
    slack; abate.
  3. verb cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
    slack.
    • slack lime

WordNet

Slake transitive verb
Etymology
OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS. sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See Slack, v. & a.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Slaked ; present participle & verbal noun Slaking
Definitions
  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 intransitive verb
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913